Flight Of The Sparrow: A Novel of Early America

Mary, Joseph, and Mr. Eliot go to Natick with a collection of blankets and shirts to give to the Indigenous Americans. When they arrive, they are greeted by the people there. Mr. Eliot introduces Mary and Joseph to James Printer. Mary pretends not to know James, but James insists they met before. That night, they eat in the longhouse with the Indigenous Americans. Mary is grateful to be back amongst them, but Joseph complains about their food and “Indian ways.”

That night, while Joseph sleeps, Mary goes outside. James comes to see her. He is angry with her because he does not know of the deal she made with Increase. As a token of their friendship, Mary gives James back the Bible he once gave her. He takes it and leaves.

The next morning, they return to find Boston on fire. Mary rushes through the streets to their home, where she is relieved to find the house undamaged and her children safe. They later learn that Increase Mather’s home was burned, and Mary hopes that her manuscript was destroyed in the fire.

That spring, they get news that Joseph is going to be sent to the church in Wethersfield, Connecticut Colony, to be its minister.