Thomas Wingfold, Curate

November wind moved the ferns beside the river while you sat on a stone repeating Horace to yourself. You had entered the church because it offered respectable work, not because any conviction had demanded the office. You step into this one-chapter preview with Helen Lingard at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. Before entering the pulpit again, you had to discover whether truth required a confession, a resignation, or the first honest search of your life. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.

Chapters

1. The Question Outside the GateGlaston · 5 min

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