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 George,
a new member, of
being an alcoholic after she saw his old pickup truck
parked in front
of
the town's only bar one afternoon. She emphatically
told George and
several others that everyone seeing it there would
know what he was
doing.

George, 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 said nothing.

Later that evening, George quietly parked his pickup
in front of
Mildred's house .. .walked home....and left it there
all night.