𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗲! 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁

𝗶𝗶

Sarah had attempted to leave the cottage only to be caught by Henry.

"Shouldn't you be sleeping? Father wouldn't approve." Henry told her as Mary appeared from her bedroom.

"I don't think I'm approving either." Mary added as she folded her arms over her chest. Sarah threw back her head, knowing her sister wouldn't let her go

"Oh, Mary. Please, don't be a shrew and tell."  Sarah begged and Mary sighed.

"Just this once." Mary told her before she headed back to her bedroom to rest.

Agnes left the house, seeing most of the people heading to the woods, leaving. She headed over to Mad Thomas's small hut and knocked on the door twice, signalling it was her.

"Agnes." Thomas whispered and the man appeared behind her, causing her to turn round, letting out a gasp.

"Thomas, you scared me." She gasped as Thomas let out a mad chuckle.

"Well, if you're so scared go scurry off back at home," Thomas smirked as he brushed past the woman to get into his hut.

"You were the one that gave me the parchment at dusk yesterday." Agnes told him, as he entered his hut.

He quickly grabbed Agnes' hand pulling her inside as two girls began running into the village. He slowly closed the door as Agnes shot him a look. Thomas slowly looked out the crack in the hut and laughed to himself, Agnes' eyes widened as she saw Sarah and Hannah kissing. She didn't really care that they were both the same gender but was still shocked.

"Sinners, sinners." Thomas muttered and Agnes shook her head.

"I best be going." Agnes told him and with that she left.

It was the next morning, and Mary Fier was beyond angry with her older sister.

"Where is she?!" Mary shouted as she walked into the house, slamming down her basket full of fresh food.

"I'll go wake her." Henry sighed as he stopped scrubbing the floor to go wake his older sister. Mary let out a sigh and got down on her knees to begin scrubbing the floor.

Henry came back into the kitchen, and started to help his sister scrub the floors.

"Henry, you can go play with the other children. You needn't be bothering yourself with what Sarah should be doing." Mary told him as he continued to help out.

"You do most of the cleaning, I just want to help." Henry told and Mary sent him a smile.

"Go be a child. Run along and play." Mary told him, and Henry nodded, getting up and leaving to go play.

Sarah came into the kitchen, and started preparing scraps to feed Merryboy the family dog.

"Have you seen Merryboy?" Sarah asked as her sister emptied out the dirty water by throwing it outside.

"Not since this morning." Mary replied as she placed the bucket down near the door. "Why? Is he not answering your calls?"

Sarah shook her head and Mary let out a sigh as she poked her head round the open door, scanning the village for any sign of the dog.

"He might of gone in the fields to stretch his legs." Mary told her as she grabbed her shawl.

"I'll go and look for him." Mary announced, she left the cottage as Hannah Miller walked towards their cottage.

Agnes and Anne Rosier were sat on the steps on their home, as Agnes helped Anne sew her dress.

"You need to-" Agnes began before she looked up as she heard shouting from the Pastor's home.