Behind the Walls (2015)
“‘Little Catherine Williams passed away this morning,’ said his father.
‘Oh my goodness!’ exclaimed Mrs Sherrard. ‘Was it the lack of food?’Mr Sherrard admitted he wasn’t exactly sure, saying, ‘Possibly, although the child’s mother said they had managed to eat meat over the last couple days.’ He sighed. ‘All the same, she weighed no more than the sheet that covered her. I could plainly see the bones in her cheeks, her jaw, her ribs. The family gathered around her cot, the parents and three o...lder sisters. The eldest read a passage from the bible. All I could do was stand there and watch.’Daniel heard a tremble in his father’s voice. Neither he nor Horace moved a muscle.‘I saw her very last breath leave her body and take her spirit with it. A light mist, or something like that, swirled from within her and just the empty shell was left behind. I … I can’t really describe it, but I saw the same thing when my mother died. Anyway, I reached down to close her eyes but Mrs Williams bid me to wait.MoreLess
‘Oh my goodness!’ exclaimed Mrs Sherrard. ‘Was it the lack of food?’Mr Sherrard admitted he wasn’t exactly sure, saying, ‘Possibly, although the child’s mother said they had managed to eat meat over the last couple days.’ He sighed. ‘All the same, she weighed no more than the sheet that covered her. I could plainly see the bones in her cheeks, her jaw, her ribs. The family gathered around her cot, the parents and three o...lder sisters. The eldest read a passage from the bible. All I could do was stand there and watch.’Daniel heard a tremble in his father’s voice. Neither he nor Horace moved a muscle.‘I saw her very last breath leave her body and take her spirit with it. A light mist, or something like that, swirled from within her and just the empty shell was left behind. I … I can’t really describe it, but I saw the same thing when my mother died. Anyway, I reached down to close her eyes but Mrs Williams bid me to wait.MoreLess
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