A Country of Eternal Light by Darby Harn

Author:Darby Harn [Harn, Darby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fair Play Books
Published: 2021-06-03T16:00:00+00:00

He works all through the night, Colm. By torchlight. By candle. After dawn, he comes into the room and I know. He leaves without saying a word. Aoife’s awake, still.

“She’s been months on the machine,” she says.

Saidbh sits up in her chair. “The lights will come back.”

“I don’t think they will,” I say.

Saidbh stands up, in tears already. “And if they do, they’ll charge the lot of us with murder.”

“As if there’ll ever be any inquiry,” Aoife says.

Saidbh flees the room, sobbing.

“Go after her, will you? And close the door behind you.”

“I’ll stay with you,” Aoife says.

“I’ll be doing this on my own.”

The door whimpers shut. I brush Roisin’s hair. 84 years, this woman. Three boys and a girl. The boys all lost to the sea. The girl lost to a boy in Limerick. A grandchild. A boy, I think. Your age. A bit older, could be. Months on the machine. I take the bag from her mouth. She sighs, Roisin. Long, and full.

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