Chapter 29
1911, Southampton
It was two weeks before Leander was ready for a visit from the archbishop. Charles Greene made the arrangements with the physician and the jail warden. On the day of the visit, the warden allowed the meeting to occur in the courtyard where Leander recuperated in the early afternoon sun.
He took his Bible to the courtyard well before it was time for the archbishop to arrive. The courtyard smelled fresh, even though it was a hot and muggy day. The early summer flowers helped deodorize what might have been another dismal space in the detention center. For him, this was the only place in confinement that didn’t smell like jail.
He opened his Bible to the Twenty-third Psalm and read in silence.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to live dow
