Chapter 14

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​⁠Ellen was cutting across the field to the York cabin in the late May morning. Amanda York had married the smithy’s son, Jerome Hatfield. The couple lived in one side of the cabin. Jerome and Mr. York cared for the apple orchard surrounding it and worked in the Bethel Stone Foundry. During the winter and spring Ellen had watched Amanda grow heavy with child, taking vicarious pleasure in the young w