Status Updates From Father Melancholy's Daughter

What ever will I do when this beautiful book is over? (Oh, read Evensong, you say? But when that is over, then what?)

“It was curious, this business of being rector. You were the star, nobody, but you could wear the gorgeous vestments or administer the sacraments or preach the sermon, but at the same time you were always having to ask permission and plead for your spending money like a little boy and worrying about causing gossip or offending people.”