Smeddum by Lewis Grassic Gibbon

Author:Lewis Grassic Gibbon [Valentina Bold]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781847674982
Publisher: Canongate Books
Published: 2001-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

IX

When he came to himself he seemed to be peering through a red mist. In his back was a terrible pain. He tried to move and lay unmoving.

The red mist cleared. A crowd of faces were peering down at him. The mule had flung him violently against a great corner stone.

He tried to moisten his lips; failed; made a desperate effort to sit up; lay still … And then, yet seeing clearly, hearing distinctly, he understood.

Paralysis. Death.

And upon his tortured brain at the thought, wearily, there came great peace.

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