Hopeless Night: Day 14

Word Count: 84,018

Summary of Events:
Chapter 27:
Emma and several ladies were trimming carrots to ready them for pickling and discussing the presence of the slave in the main yard. Magnus worked a horse and got to missing his own horse. Olga talked with Emma and Selma about the slave as well.
Chapter 28:
Magnus helped get the horses hooves trimmed and put Herr Reiter's horses away when he returned from his trip. Olga took Emma with her to go talk to Herr Reiter about the presence of the slave in the main yard and they engaged in a lengthy conversation.

Excerpt of the Day:
""All of the slaves that I've not succeeded in purchasing from the slave market in Geizenstadte have been beaten to some form," Herr Reiter said. "Some of them have even suffered the loss of fingers, toes, and limbs as punishment for the littlest of wrongdoings, and many are grossly underfed and underdressed for their labour. Additionally, most of these men have been deprived of all hope. They have been told that they are horrible, that there is no hope for them, and that it would be better off if they were dead — not necessarily in direct statements, but by their treatment."
"They deserve to be treated like that," Olga said.
"No Olga," Herr Reiter said. "They do not. For if they deserved to be treated like that, then we as men would be treated by the same by God. We would not even have our existence if God treated us the same as those men had been treated. But God is a merciful God, He offers us forgiveness for our wrongdoings, and if we accept the forgiveness He casts the memory of them as far as the east is from the west, and forgets them, accepting us as good and perfect as His Son was in our place."
"But your words don't give me any confidence that this Magnus won't go and do what he did to get convinced in the first place," Olga said.
"I cannot assure you that Magnus will not be motivated to do such things, although I will say that I do have a reasonable doubt, knowing the conditions he came from," Herr Reiter replied. "I cannot guarantee that anyone who works for me — slave or servant — will always do good. But I have faith if they ever choose to do evil that God will guide me in disciplining them here and now. And if they do not respond to my discipline, that He will judge them perfectly and righteously when it comes to pass that they are in His presence."
Olga exhaled harshly.
"God will judge all men aright," Herr Reiter said. "And He also governs all of the actions of men. That is enough assurance for me, and it seems to be enough assurance for Fräulein Emma. I can offer you no more assurance. You must seek that assurance from God, for He is sovereign over all men.""

Fräulein: froyline