Michael Malone - Weebly

way Judith was behaving! Well, Judith could act awful
frosty sometimes, so there was no sense in asking, even
after all the years of love Sarah had poured down on
her.
And sometimes it just didn't seem worth it, so much
all give and no get. But it takes all kinds, that was Mrs.
MacDermott's motto, and what's more, who knew
what God was up to when He made some hearts warm
and some hearts cold? She had a very clear sense that
God approved of her persistent befriending of Judith
Haig. It was one of those kinds of accomplishments,
like missionary work or chastity, of which God was said
to be particularly fond.
The last purple had darkened Wild Oat Ridge to
indistinction and Dingley Falls lost its outline. Night was
only slightly cooler than dusk had been, outside was
only slightly cooler than indoors.
For years, however, the houses of Elizabeth Circle
had been equipped to condition air to circumvent the
vagaries of nature, and inside the brightly lit rooms
there, residents moved at their ease.