Tuppenny goes to Jessica's house for employment and finds it full of secrets about Jessica's runaway sister, and, at a church, she witnesses a terrifying sacrifice that seems to destroy her as it had destroyed a minister's child...
What a gathering it was! There were the quiet ox, the clucking hen, a cow, six sheep, a horse, and other animals. But no one looked at the stable rat--except the baby, who not only looked but loved.