' 'He want to know if it is safe?' 'Of course. No amount of Biblical glossing helped when the Van Doorns faced their real catastrophe, nor were the teachings of the Dutch Reformed Church of much assistance, either. She needed someone to watch over her. Whatever troubles of her own that Dougless had, she soon forgot them when she saw the wonder and joy on Nicholas’s face as he reverently touched the books.
' 'He was?' Louis asked in awe, all thoughts of the surprise buried in this revelation of family courage. Feeling like a governess in a gothic, neither servant nor family, she unpacked and hung her clothes in a grubby little wardrobe. e midnight, with the moon as guide, he found the cave and hid the canvas-wrapped Bible well in the rear. Nicholas came to her, but he didn’t speak, and Dougless was glad.
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