Chapter 109: In Passion Week

In Passion Week “Go along, they are ringing already; and mind, don’t be naughty in church or God will punish you.” My mother thrusts a few copper coins upon me, and, instantly forgetting about me, runs into the kitchen with an iron that needs reheating. I know well that after confession I shall not be allowed to eat or drink, and so, before leaving the house, I force myself to eat a crust of white bread, and to drink two glasses of water. It is quite spring in the street. The roads are all…