Lone Summary

Lone is out one evening, gathering herbs, when she happens to wander near the community ovens. There she overhears the men talking and realizes that they are planning an attack on the Convent. She drives to the Convent and wakes the women who aren't alarmed at all.

Lone was a small child when the group of families looking to settle a new community wandered near her house. Her mother had died and she suddenly realized that she needed to be outside at a particular time. She positioned herself outside and was found and taken in by Fairy DuPres, a midwife. Fairy taught Lone everything she needed to know about the trade and Lone took Fairy's place when she died. Lone is now old herself and none of the young women in Ruby choose to allow her to deliver their babies, preferring instead to...