Lettice

"... The Faith ... Which winged quick seeds of hope beyond the boundary walls of death." Dr Walter Smith, Hilda. Lettice moved to the window. She choked down a little sob which was beginning to rise in her throat, and by dint of resolutely gazing out at what was before her, tried to imagine not only that she was not crying, but that she had not, never had had, the slightest inclination to cry. A clumsy cart laden with wood, drawn by two bullocks, came stumbling down the hilly street.