We continued in silence for some time. I worked diligently on myembroidery and had almost finished it when the doorbell chimed. My heartbegan to pou...d at the sound, and my face began to feel flushed."Melissa, please see who is at the door."I got up slowly and set aside my work. I straightened out my pinaforeand the bow at the back of my skirt and made my way to the front door.My ears were burning and my breathing began to quicken. Why was mygoverness forcing me to do this? As I made my way. They killed our chickens as well. Just after they left, Jacob came home and he went after them. I got worried when he didn't return. I knew something bad had happened." she told him."There was a man, out on the trail, said that that was all the food they had and his wife and child would starve without it. Two of the men kept him busy while the other crept up behind him and hit him on the head." said Martha."How do you know that?" asked Rachael?"Because I was their prisoner, Sir Tony rescued me,. “You shoot it,” several men answered immediately.“Yous shoots at it,” Joe added. “Ma’be yous hits it, and ma’be yous doesn’t. Ma’be it ain’t no deer,” he added in a soft voice.“Exactly, in the dark, it’s very difficult to estimate distance, or to tell what you are shooting at. It could be one of the other farmers out in his field. How many of you are expert shots in the dark?” I asked. They had no answer for that.“It’s nearly the full moon now. We should be able to see pretty well,” one of them. It's not good, sharing. I don't share well." I'll say." Elspeth added. "I lost count of the number of times I had to steal Shawna's duvet over the Christmas 'cause you stole all of ours." Briana Richardson, are you blushing?" Hope smiled, gently."No, it's just unseasonably warm." By the time the laughter had finished Tony and Lorraine were off to get the bus for their trip across town to lectures, and Shawna and Marcus got up to take all the plates and cups out to the kitchen."Hey, Hope.".