![]() He closed his eyes and recalled the visit to the servants' domain of Schivvers's house. Jem would come up with a solution to this problem of the girl and stop his master's useless fretting over the past. That response had kept him alive in his old life. He had to think, a change for a lad who'd always responded to the heat of the moment with pure action. The anger settled in his gut, heavy and sour. ![]() Jem couldn't bear the thought of Alan pale and near death, bleeding on the ground, dumped there by that bastard Schivvers. Despite his fears on Annie's behalf, despite his worries about the future, he felt better than he had in a very long time. ![]() The sudden light was like the odd feeling rising inside Alan, hopeful and new. He'd never said a word about what he'd seen to anyone, not even Badgeman, who'd experienced enough horror himself.Īs the carriage came to a corner, a shaft of sunlight pierced the overcast sky and gleamed on the rain-slicked road. ![]() Perhaps it was speaking the words aloud which had unburdened him. The sour, sick feeling that always churned in the pit of Alan's stomach when remembering those hellish hours in Badajoz was still there, yet he felt unaccountably lighter. ![]()
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