What if the book contained something, some awful revelation, that would shatter what had been so very good? Did this benign, leather-bound missive actually hold some darkness, some evil, so much so that it had the power to tip a loaded vessel in the harbor? His heart raced. Was this the proof that his Maggie had, indeed, entertained Satan? Did it contain some sinister knowledge, cunning spells? Could this book be the undoing of all he held most dear?
