Death of a Raven
“Or rather I rented one, as the man in the garage described the transaction. With difficulty I persuaded him that the vehicle I required did not necessarily have to be large enough to play a game of baseball in, and emerged cautiously from the forecourt with a product of the land of the rising sun.
Emma had offered to lend me the family pick-up that was used to take gear to their boat but I declined without offending her. Never borrow cars, Daws always stressed. Now, with Andy’s death still ...haunting me I was going to do as I was told.
I made myself go to Quispamsis. Right away, not giving the coward within time to make excuses for not doing so. Until I had shared a little in Andy’s last moments, seen the road as he himself had seen it seconds before he died, stood at the spot where it had happened, he would remain only a shadowy figure in my memory, merely a man with whom Peter had worked to help found a boys’ club.
Not for one moment had I imagined that the site of the accident would be easy to find, cherishing the thought, the nearer I got to Quispamsis, that looking for it was entirely my own idea so no one would blame me if I failed after a short search and my nerve deserted me.MoreLess
Emma had offered to lend me the family pick-up that was used to take gear to their boat but I declined without offending her. Never borrow cars, Daws always stressed. Now, with Andy’s death still ...haunting me I was going to do as I was told.
I made myself go to Quispamsis. Right away, not giving the coward within time to make excuses for not doing so. Until I had shared a little in Andy’s last moments, seen the road as he himself had seen it seconds before he died, stood at the spot where it had happened, he would remain only a shadowy figure in my memory, merely a man with whom Peter had worked to help found a boys’ club.
Not for one moment had I imagined that the site of the accident would be easy to find, cherishing the thought, the nearer I got to Quispamsis, that looking for it was entirely my own idea so no one would blame me if I failed after a short search and my nerve deserted me.MoreLess
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