The Curfew by Jesse Ball

Author:Jesse Ball
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780307743206
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2011-06-14T10:00:00+00:00

—This is the house, called Gerard.

William crossed the street and went up to the door.

—I thought you said …

—I always give the wrong address, in case I’m overheard. Then I watch for people to come. Knock. Someone’ll let you in. I’m coming down.

He stood there before the house and it was as though someone shouted to him to not go in—as though he was gripped by hands and pulled away—as though,

but rather no one was there. The street was quiet. Was he shaking? There were lights in the windows of this and every other house, of many houses he had seen. Light that comes in bursts and falls. Persisting relentlessly, in showers of sparks. Could it be that light was a false hope and had ever been? That would be the death of anyone—to recognize false hopes with a certainty. One mustn’t know that. If it is offered, refuse!

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