The Rising of the Moon Quotes

“Tom pulled at my hand. He wanted to go to church. He was taken sometimes by June, and always embarrassed us by singing very loudly, with no tune whatsoever, out of the hymn book held upside down. Keith had once reversed the hymn book for him, but Tom had responded to this with a howl of protest which brought all the congregation’s eyes to our pew. Tom knew which was right way up, and preferred the other. Sometimes he would sing by himself in the middle of the minister’s prayers. People enjoyed that, I think. Extempore prayers are often long. “Half”
― Gladys Mitchell, The Rising of the Moon