Changelings (2012)
“Even if the threat is of earthquake, vulcanism or nuclear fallout, enemies before whom walls might as well be made of paper, people feel safer in their own homes than anywhere else.
But if the enemy is one which strikes in the home, which lurks in the larder or bathroom cabinet, which can come through the plumbing or – who knows? – up through the gaps in the floorboards, where dwells safety then?
For the people of Castlemere, at least those not gainfully employed so that they had the choice as to how they spent their day, it dwelt in numbers. A force like magnetism, that they felt but didn’t recognize as fear, drew them together, gradually combining the knots on street corners and the groups that formed outside the pubs and bookies into a crowd that filled Castle Place and made it difficult for the buses to get through.
Anywhere there’s a crowd there’s someone ready to address it. This time it was a brickie’s labourer called Ron Budgen, father of five children and a familiar face arou...nd The Jubilee.MoreLess
But if the enemy is one which strikes in the home, which lurks in the larder or bathroom cabinet, which can come through the plumbing or – who knows? – up through the gaps in the floorboards, where dwells safety then?
For the people of Castlemere, at least those not gainfully employed so that they had the choice as to how they spent their day, it dwelt in numbers. A force like magnetism, that they felt but didn’t recognize as fear, drew them together, gradually combining the knots on street corners and the groups that formed outside the pubs and bookies into a crowd that filled Castle Place and made it difficult for the buses to get through.
Anywhere there’s a crowd there’s someone ready to address it. This time it was a brickie’s labourer called Ron Budgen, father of five children and a familiar face arou...nd The Jubilee.MoreLess
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