The Born Fool (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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The incense filled the whole church with a dim haze and with its own unique scent. This ever was the most sacred time of ministration. Expectantly, the boy of eight years watched his mother as she knelt upright, very graceful and slender her eyes shut, the long beautiful fingers enlaced on her bosom. The fragile ornaments trembled upon her hat; and then, sometimes - as on to - day - she spoke with a clear thrilling voice, beautifully cadenced; she was gifted with prophecy; it was the Holy Ghost speaking through the chosen one. The sweet andante of the organ died almost away that she might be heard. Kirk knew what this was; he had asked his mother many times about these things. He could see the deacon quickly writing down her words. In. The still church his mother's beautiful voice came back from the high roof like a silver bell rung low and softly. The fourfold company of ministers sat moveless in the chancel. Kirk also knelt down close beside her, and shut his eyes. Virtue seemed to come from the mother to the child, as he leaned himself a little, gently and reverently, to touch her.

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