Am lieChapter 22 Sandrine Is Attacked
[Autumn, 1678] Oxford, Oxfordshire HE STRUCK HER from behind, and his blow might have knocked her unconscious had it landed true. The fight would have been over before it started. Sandrine was on her weekly visit to Mass at the nearest Catholic church, the one she knew remained open until late on Wednesday nights. She kept her Catholicism quiet. She’d been baptized in the Church on Martinique as an infant and had received some instruction from the priests and from her owner. Her faith had...