Chapter 176

Hope looked the judge in the eyes and began to tell her story. "Well, Friday afternoon—that is, I suppose that would be last Friday now—I was cleaning up my classroom, and I noticed a book on the floor. When I saw that it belonged to one of my students who loves to read, I decided I'd take it to her the next day. So Saturday morning, around ten, I believe, I took the book and rode out to her house in my pony trap."