Low Heights by Pascal Garnier

Author:Pascal Garnier [Pascal Garnier]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781910477441
Publisher: Gallic Books
Published: 2017-01-10T05:00:00+00:00

‘It’s not right, leaving him up there.’

‘Why? Would you prefer it if he turned into a sack of maggots six feet underground?’

‘I’m not saying that, but it’s not Christian.’

‘Big deal! In many countries no one would be shocked. It’s clean, useful and spiritually impeccable.’

‘Don’t you feel any sorrow, Édouard?’

‘What difference does it make what I feel? It’s not me I’m thinking of but him. All his life he tried to take off, but, maybe because he didn’t spread his wings wide enough, he never could. A few brief forays outside his feathered nest, stolen hopes, nothing more. Now he’s soaring, he’s in every one of those birds churning the sky. I’m certain that at last he feels at home. I’d rather think of Jean-Baptiste as I watch them wheeling freely in the boundless sky than when I’m staring at an icy marble slab. Besides, I would never have gone there, I’ve got a horror of graveyards – they smell of rotting geraniums and you get dodgy people there.’

‘Well, personally I’ll never be able to look at the creatures ever again. And you’ll be bringing trouble to your door; it’s against the law not to declare someone’s death! You can be sure that sooner or later his body will be found … What’s left of him, rather – his clothes, watch, papers … They’ll suspect you of killing him, because no reasonable person would act the way you are. We ’ve got to go to the police station; there ’s still time.’

‘Do you think so?’

‘I’m absolutely sure of it. Trust me, Édouard.’

Édouard had to admit that Thérèse was right, but he balked at the chore. They were going to have to explain the inexplicable, and he felt that was beyond him. He wasn’t afraid, it was quite simply a nuisance.

‘So we’ll go then?’

‘Purely to please you.’

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