Witch Wood
by John Buchan
1975-08-23
128K
It is set in Scotland and begins in the late summer of 1644 with the arrival of a newly ordained minister in the remote parish of Woodilee, which up until then has not given the church any trouble. But the following February the minister’s suspicions are aroused by the high percentage of the births in the parish being to unmarried girls. His enquiries as to the fathers of these children are met with a wall of silence, with the mothers duly arriving at the penance stool to confess their sins, but only one of the repentant fathers showing up.
But with the coming of spring the minister discovers that although his flock are outwardly devout churchgoers, their nocturnal revelries are not at all Christian. Maybe previous ministers have chosen to turn a blind eye in view of the Church Elder also being the devil of the coven. But when our lovely minister David Sempill (you find yourself warming to his character very early on) discovers what his parishioners get up to out in the woods, the status quo is about to be hurled to the four quarters.
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Thanks Rick.
Slowly but surely improving both of our collection. Onward and upward Ho. LOL ------------------------------- Rick
Yet another improvement to my collection!
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