A Sentimental Traitor
“No one made it official, but its spirit drained away with the dark water that seeped from every fragment of recovered wreckage. Every evening, as the light faded and night took hold, a crowd began to gather on the plaza of Trafalgar Square. Candles were placed around the rims of the fountains, drawing thousands, silent in their grief. Mourning was something their grandparents had hidden behind closed curtains, yet now they poured forth, clutching their own candles, like a meadow of brilliant da...isies in a soft breeze. Then the singing began, hymns and folk songs, and the national anthems, forlornly. A shrine of flowers began to spread around the base of Nelson’s Column, while high above, through a blustery scattering of snow, the admiral seemed to be searching the skies for sight of the lost children.
More candles. A memorial service was held at St Paul’s Cathedral, attended by many of the parents of the lost children and a congregation that overflowed down the steps before the west doors.MoreLess
More candles. A memorial service was held at St Paul’s Cathedral, attended by many of the parents of the lost children and a congregation that overflowed down the steps before the west doors.MoreLess
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