Chapter 53
1912, Southampton
For some people, like Wardine Shocking, justice had been served. She had admitted to herself a long time ago that maybe the affair wasn’t all the reverend or Basil’s fault. She might have had something to do with it.
Had she driven Basil away?
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Basil Shocking was faced with the ultimate consequence of not standing up for what was right. He had narrowly escaped the same fate. Because Mrs. Shocking complained about Leander’s position in the community, Basil was saved from the same maltreatment. He hadn’t stopped her, and now Leander’s life was forever ruined.
We should have left this city and gone elsewhere.
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The decision confirmed for Bishop Charles Greene what he already knew: the country wasn’t ready for this type of social revolution. Th
