Hello and welcome to Story Time for Grownups. I'm Faith Moore, and this season we're reading

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. Each episode, I'll read a few chapters from the book,

pausing from time to time to give brief explanations, so it's easier to follow along. It's like an

audiobook with built-in notes.

So brew a pot of tea, find a cozy chair, and settle in.

It's nap time. I don't always, but I'm recording during

my younger son's nap time today, and I always have a lovely cup of tea when he goes for his nap.

And I have this wonderful little teapot. It's like a teapot for one. It makes three teacups

worth of tea. I mean, an actual teacup on a saucer. And I have that

during nap time. And so here I am with you. It's nap time. I have a little pot of tea. I have a

lovely little china saucer and a teacup with tea in it. And I'm happy to be here with you drinking tea.

Wherever you are and whatever you're doing, whether you're in a closet or somewhere else,

I hope that this podcast, this time right now when we are together in this way, can be your

cozy chair, can be your cup of tea. So thank you. Thank you for spending this time with me.

I'm always so grateful that you're here, and I always love to be with you in this way. So let's dive right in.

Last time, we read Heart Rights Narrative, chapters 11 through 12. Today, we're going to read

Heart Rights Narrative Chapter 13.

I have three short and amazing questions for you today, and we're going to get into that

very, very soon. Before we do just a couple of quick reminders, one is don't forget we're having

our first ever story time tea time on Thursday, January 30th

at 8 p.m. Eastern. If you want to join us, it's like a voice chat where I and you will get to talk

together. If you'd like to be a part of that or a part of our online community in general, go into the

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