The House Next Door Trilogy (Books 1-3) by Owen Jule

Author:Owen, Jule [Owen, Jule]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Mean Time Books
Published: 2016-01-04T16:00:00+00:00

19 Director Hathaway

Mathew tries to keep pace with Kilfeather’s stride. They pass through room after room and then make pace along a corridor; the whole place bustles with men and women who part as Kilfeather marches forward.

Mathew studies the ceilings decorated with fine plasterwork, the wood panels on the walls, the once fine wallpaper, torn off and shredded. The bare floors take punishment from thousands of pairs of uncaring boots. Through open doors Mathew glimpses army beds, bunks with men and women packing backpacks, or sitting, talking, drinking, thinking.

Bright light falls through the tall windows on the right of the corridor. They stop briefly to let some soldiers carrying heavy equipment pass. Mathew looks through the window. Down below, the Upper Ward is floodlit and full of tiny, frenetic figures. In the centre of the quadrangle there are tents pitched.

“Come on,” Kilfeather barks, already marching off along the corridor.

Finally they turn, walk across a stairwell and climb a flight of stone steps to a room, small by the standards of the rooms they have passed through. There is a long table, some ordinary office chairs and a bank of Canvases on a wall. In one corner there is a battered sofa and a couple of armchairs.

“Wait here,” Kilfeather says. “Bathroom’s down the hall. I’ve got to go.”

Mathew says, “What am I waiting for?”

“Who. Who are you waiting for? You are waiting for Director Hathaway. For some reason better known to himself, he wants to waste his precious time talking to you. I can’t. You stay here, until he comes for you.”

Kilfeather leaves, closing the door behind him, and Mathew is alone.

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