Stella had already mentioned to Damian the previous night that her uncle was wealthy. She told him he ran a business and had built a three-story house in the village last year. He wasn't poor, he was just stingy.

"Samuel, eight thousand isn't expensive for a cypress wood coffin!" someone called out.

Most coffins in the village were solid wood and they were made from whatever was available. Cypress wood coffins were rare.

And more expensive.

Samuel had to accept it, ...