A Great Literary Sentence

Today our reader-lawyer covered the first four chapters of a newly chosen book from the Martha’s Vineyard mysteries by Philip R. Craig. In addition to his having time to read to us, he pre-deleted the words he knew we might object to. We were appreciative.

I will not retell this story as it goes along—for you certainly can locate the series for yourself—but I want to cite (without knowing exactly the author’s punctuation for it) something the author quoted from Chesterton: “. . . a child, being innocent, wants justice. An adult, being sinful, wants mercy.” Chesterton, you may recall, wrote the excellent Father Brown mysteries. And this thought quoted is just a sample of his brilliance and Craig’s recognition of that brilliance. What a sentence it is! Even sermon material.

I learned today tornados touched down in a town in Kentucky where my son Mike lives and works. But the family and their properties are all safe. My childhood in the South was not noted for tornados. I recall one.

BonaV is such a busy place, there has not yet been time for real writing or real reading. More boxes to unpack but not boxes of books, at least. Tomorrow is trivia day. I’m looking forward to that. ♥