Pastoral

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Andre Alexis. Pastoral

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Coach House Books, Toronto

There were plans for an official welcome. It was to take place the following Sunday. But those who came to the rectory on Father Pennant’s second day were the ones who could not resist seeing him sooner. Here was the man to whom they would confess the darkest things. It was important to feel him out. Mrs. Young, for instance, after she had watched him eat a piece of her macaroni pie, quietly asked what he thought of adultery.

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– I never thought of it that way, said Mrs. Young. I’ll be sure to tell that husband of mine what you said.

Then, looking at him meaningfully, she asked

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