Hour of the Witch

by Chris Bohjalian

“When thou art on thy knees, Esther, tending to the feet of another, it is reminiscent of when our Lord Jesus Christ washed the feet of his disciples,” Eliot pontificated. The woman gazed at the reverend, and Mary could see that she thought what he’d said was absolute idiocy. Esther was just being a mother. And even Mary Deerfield, childless and barren, understood that.

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