One judge is coughing his life out into bloody handkerchiefs and the o…

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One judge is coughing his life out into bloody handkerchiefs and the other is burying his wife, and you think this is how God answers your prayers? ✨ Orson Scott Card (2010). Heartfire: The Tales of Alvin Maker, p.230, Macmillan
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One judge is coughing his life out into bloody handkerchiefs and the other is burying his wife, and you think this is how God answers your prayers? ✨ Orson Scott Card (2010). Heartfire: The Tales of Alvin Maker, p.230, Macmillan

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