There was a parade and of course my dad was involved and my mom had volunteered for something so they were gone for the day. I had gone early but the ...ay was a scorcher and I headed home around 10, jumped in the shower and then went into my room and lay on the bed. My window was open but the blinds were down and I heard voices coming from outside. The sun was on the front of the house and only provided about six feet of shade in the back yard. Julie and another young wife had pulled chairs up. "She shook her head, still smiling. "You are happy, aren't you?" She cocked her head — it was so familiar a mannerism ... it was saying 'think about this, and you'll know I'm right'. "She loves you, and she will make you very happy. That is your ... destiny ... for now. Fare well ... until we meet again." Lucy..." But she turned and walked away.When I woke, Amy was shaking me, and saying my name; she was propped up on one elbow, looking down at me."You were calling out in your sleep. Are you. "Milt placed his hand on her arm. "Jane, it's halfway to Utah by now,you --" Utah!" She cut him off. "Who says it's going t'Utah?"Milt looked nervous. "Ethan... he, ahh... yesterday, he said - didn't yousay, Ethan, that you were going to ship it east by train?" I did?" the artist looked surprised for a moment. "Oh, ah, yes, Idid. We had spoken about the matter before you arrived on the scene atthe depot, Jane." What ain't you two telling me?" Jane demanded.The men glanced quickly at one. A devout Russian Orthodox from a very strict Orthodox family, the treatment she’d received was devastating. What was even worse was that her family rejected her, something I still cannot understand.The solution was a woman in Maldon. Dulcie Hanson was the wife of the Rector of Saint Mary the Virgin church in Maldon. A very remarkable person in her own right, as well as her vocation as an ordained Anglican minister, she and her husband happily took Liina in and subsequently adopted her. Dulcie’s.