The Cloister and the Hearth Chapter 81

In which Catherine contrives a scheme to set two idle men up in business in Rotterdam, chiefly to keep near little Gerard, while Luke Peterson kindly crafts a cart to carry Kate and the child, enduring taunts with steadfast devotion. Amid these domestic efforts, Margaret, wearied by Luke’s persistence, suddenly bids him seek out her son’s father, a charge fraught with delicate meaning.