5 Bookmarks
List of Bookmarks
-
Tags
Summary
Mrs McCarthy never expected to see Jackie again, but a chance reunion in an Oxford downpour will change both their lives for the better.
-
Bookmark Tags:
-
Bookmark Notes:
Very sweet
Father Brown had the right idea, she realised, carrying an umbrella everywhere he went. Still, it was rather less practical when one had a handbag to hold as well, and the absence of one had rarely caused her trouble before. For a village in the English countryside, Kembleford got remarkably little rain, at least during the summer months. Murders, yes, rain, no. Quite frankly, at that moment, Mrs McCarthy would have felt more comfortable with a murder than with the cold water dripping from her hat and soaking through her cardigan. As the raindrops grew rapidly heavier and closer together, she gave in and ducked into one of the shops along the way.
Mrs McCarthy frowned, hesitating before trying a new tack. “I just don’t see why God, in his wisdom, would have given you a man’s body if he meant you to be a woman.”
“Why would he give me a woman’s heart if he meant me to be a man?”
“I don’t know.” Mrs M shook her head. “You’d have to ask Father Brown that one, and I have no idea what his answer would be. Although…” She paused, her expression softening. “I do know he’d say we should try to understand your perspective, and that if your being this way isn’t hurting anyone, it isn’t our place to judge.
A wry smile played at the corner of Jackie’s lips. “I think I like your Father Brown more than I like your God.”