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“The sun is nearly down,” Mary told her cousin, gripping the sides of the ladder.
“There is enough light,” Edward insisted. “Move away. I am only going up for a moment.”
“But the shingles are still wet from the rain,” Mary insisted. “Wait until morning, Edward.”
“Please. I shall be down in a moment,” Edward said stubbornly. “Why do you always treat me as if I’m Ezra’s age, Mary?”
“Why do you always insist on being so reckless?” Mary replied. “It’s as if you have to show off to Uncle Benjamin and my father. You have nothing to prove to them, Edward.”
“Maybe I have things to prove to myself,” Edward muttered. “Now, please, Cousin—allow me to make my inspection of the shingles before the moon is up.”
Mary obediently took a step back. “May I hold the ladder in place for you?” she asked as Edward began to climb.
“You know you should be in the kitchen helping Rebecca and your mother clean the dinner dishes.”
Mary groaned and rolled her eyes. “I am seventeen, Cousin Edward,” she said sharply. “I am not a girl. I am a woman.”
“Your place is still in the kitchen,” Edward called down. He had reached the roof and was edging his way off the ladder. “It appears much steeper up here than it did down on the ground,” he said.
Mary backed up a few paces to see him better. The sun had disappeared. Edward was a dark figure against an even darker sky.
“Please be careful!” Mary called. “You’re up so high, and it’s so dark, and—”
Her voice caught in her throat as Edward’s arms shot up. She saw his legs buckle and his body tilt.
And then she opened her mouth wide and began to scream as she realized Edward was falling, falling headfirst to the ground.
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