Chapter 237
The Copse Terror
The old prince and Sergey Ivanovitch got into the trap and drove off; the rest of the party hastened homewards on foot. But the storm-clouds, turning white and then black, moved down so quickly that they had to quicken their pace to get home before the rain. The foremost clouds, lowering and black as soot-laden smoke, rushed with extraordinary swiftness over the sky. They were still two hundred paces from home and a gust of wind had already blown up, and every second the downpour might be looked for. The children ran ahead with frightened and gleeful shrieks. Darya Alexandrovna,…
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Critical Thinking Exercise
Track Terror To Gratitude
Sequence oak crash, prayer, finding Mitya, penitent squeeze.
Consider:
- •Include My God not on them
- •Include senseless prayer
- •Include Alive Unhurt
Journaling Prompt
Write about fear that clarified who you love.
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