1921 by Morgan Llywelyn

Author:Morgan Llywelyn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates
Published: 2001-03-13T16:00:00+00:00

IN the days following Síle’s death Henry hardly thought of Ella Rutledge. She was at the far periphery of his thoughts, which formed concentric circles. Precious was on the innermost ring; his work beyond that. Ned was somewhere farther out, unreachable. He was only at home intermittently, but he had begun writing again. He showed some of his novel to Henry. It was no longer a lighthearted adventure tale; jagged angry words slashed the page like shards of broken glass.

Henry understood all too well. There was a darkening of the world. The streets were grayer, the skies were lower. Hope walked arm in arm with her ugly twin, despair.

At night he slept with one arm on the side table by his bed, where his revolver lay in easy reach. During the day, if he did not have it on him, it was under his mattress. Louise found it there but never commented; she merely put it back.

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