Hannah

The book is the line in the sand, proof that she is not, as she is so often conflated, the Hannah Horvath she has created.

He hurried home to Ballymartin, and found that his father was more ill even than Hannah had hinted.

Hannah is the speaker, and her words are few and well chosen.

He started into a breathless run when Hannah's battle whoop reached him on the still air.

"And—and you said it 'ud make a noise if one b—banged on it," Hannah cried, piteously.

And Hannah would have to read these beautiful Bible stories.