When the bride-to-be was two hundred yards from James Lingham’s property line, she heard the sound of his hammer pounding nails and knew exactly where he would be. She adjusted the basket on her arm, circumvented his house and crept upon the laboring carpenter. Jesus and Joseph saw her approach, but did not bother to remark upon it to their master, which was either a sign of growing familiarity or a subtle canine insult.
