Chapter 6: Homecoming
Robert made the arrangements to have Mrs. Crowe’s body transferred to St. Michaels, and within a day she was buried in a local cemetery near the church where he and Leslie could visit her grave.
Robert officiated at the well-attended service and Leslie read a few of her favorite poems. “God’s Acre” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, with its emphasis on resurrection, seemed appropriate, while the other by Edward Lear, “The Owl and the Pussycat,” brought chuckles from those assembled, as well as smiles to momentarily brighten the sadness of the occasion.
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Though it was warm outside and the tail end of July, Leslie felt a coldness that seemed to permeate the skin and take up residence in his bones. A chill he identified as part of the grieving process over their
