>>
>> Mildred, the church gossip, and self-appointed monitor of the church's
>> morals, kept sticking her nose into other people's business.
>>
>> Several members did not approve of her extra-curricular activities,
>> but feared her enough to maintain their silence.
>>
>> She made a mistake, however, when she accused Frank, a new member,
>> of being an alcoholic after she saw his old pickup parked in front of the
>> town's only bar one afternoon.
>>
>> She emphatically told Frank (and several others) that everyone seeing
>> it there would know what he was doing!
>>
>> Frank, a man of few words, stared at her for a moment and just turned
>> and walked away. He didn't explain, defend, or deny.
>> He simply said nothing.
>>
>> Later that evening, Frank quietly parked his pickup in front of Mildred's house,
>> Walked home... And left it there all night.
>>
>> Mildred, the church gossip, and self-appointed monitor of the church's
>> morals, kept sticking her nose into other people's business.
>>
>> Several members did not approve of her extra-curricular activities,
>> but feared her enough to maintain their silence.
>>
>> She made a mistake, however, when she accused Frank, a new member,
>> of being an alcoholic after she saw his old pickup parked in front of the
>> town's only bar one afternoon.
>>
>> She emphatically told Frank (and several others) that everyone seeing
>> it there would know what he was doing!
>>
>> Frank, a man of few words, stared at her for a moment and just turned
>> and walked away. He didn't explain, defend, or deny.
>> He simply said nothing.
>>
>> Later that evening, Frank quietly parked his pickup in front of Mildred's house,
>> Walked home... And left it there all night.
>>
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