The Inside of the Cup — Volume 06

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Title: The Inside of the Cup, Volume 6
Author: Winston Churchill
Release Date: October 17, 2004 [EBook #5361]
Language: English
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THE INSIDE OF THE CUP
By Winston Churchill
Volume 6.
XX. THE ARRAIGNMENT XXI. ALISON GOES TO CHURCH XXII. WHICH SAY TO THE SEERS, SEE NOT!
CHAPTER XX
THE ARRAIGNMENT
I
Looking backward, Hodder perceived that he had really come to the momentous decision of remaining at St. John's in
the twilight of an evening when, on returning home from seeing Kate Marcy at Mr. Bentley's he had entered the darkening
church. It was then that his mission had appeared to him as a vision. Every day, afterward, his sense and knowledge of
this mission had grown stronger.
To his mind, not the least of the trials it was to impose upon him, and one which would have to be dealt with shortly, was a
necessary talk with his assistant, McCrae. If their relationship had from the beginning been unusual and unsatisfactory,
adjectives would seem to defy what it had become during the summer. What did McCrae think of him? For Hodder had,
it will be recalled, ...