Aunt Abby's
version, for instance, is so different from Uncle Bart's that one
can scarcely find the truth between the two; and father's bears
no relation to that of any of the others."
"Some of us see facts and others see visions, replied Ivory, "and
these differences of opinion crop up in the village every day
when anything noteworthy is discussed. I came upon a quotation in
my reading last evening that described it:
'One said it thundered . . . another that an angel spake'"
"Do you feel as if your father was dead, Ivory?"
"I can only hope so! That thought brings sadness with it, as one
remembers his disappointment and failure, but if he is alive he
is a traitor."
There was a long pause and they could see in the distance
Humphrey Barker with his clarionet and Pliny Waterhouse with his
bass viol driving up to the churchyard fence to hitch their
horses. The sun was dipping low and red behind the Town-House
Hill on the other side of the river.
"What makes my father dislike the very mention of yours?" asked
Waitstill. "I know what they say: that it is because the two men
had high words once in a Cochrane meeting, when father tried to
interfere with some of the exercises and was put out of doors.
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