The Golden Road Chapter 21 - Peg Bowen Comes to Church

In which a sunlit summer evening walk to church is marked by whispered debates about Shakespeare and Sunday reading, and the familiar children prepare for a service, only to be spectacularly interrupted by the unbridled and flour-dusted Peg Bowen, whose brazen candour shakes the decorous congregation. The ensuing scene in the old church pew is both mortifying and oddly unforgettable, weaving together gentle village life with the sharp edges of human nature and youthful observation.