“These High, Green Hills,” the third installment of the Mitford series, finds Father Tim and Cynthia as newlyweds. Tim has never been married, and now in his sixties he’s finding the idea of having a wife delightful, challenging, and invigorating. Each day, Cynthia presents him with new thoughts and dreams, and he loves listening to her flights of fancy. He’s not so crazy about her intense desire to bring the furniture from her house next door over to the rectory, and take the rectory furniture over to her house (which she has retained as a studio) but when she explains … Continue reading →