had been torn away.
The wooden stakes were battered and splintered, but they had taken the force of the wind and redirected it upward and away from the vulnerable sections of the roof.
The house had survived.
The village had not.
The Woman Everyone Mocked Had Been Preparing All Along
The story of Mrs. Gable’s roof spread quickly.
But the truth behind it was even more surprising.
The previous winter, before her husband died, the valley had been struck by another violent windstorm.
Their house had nearly been destroyed.
Thomas
