Fair And Tender Ladies (2013)
“It had only taken a moment to spot King as the man tried to hide behind a fallen tree trunk. From there, he’d only needed to wait, silent and unmoving, until he stood, ready to run. They’d looked at each other and the man began to raise his hands. Nottingham fired, watching the shot tear Davy’s chest open. No mercy. Not this time.
The street was dusty and his throat was dry. People tried to talk to him but he brushed by. Soon enough they’d all know what had happened. Not that it mattered, not w...ith John dead. An eye for an eye might be the old way but there was precious little satisfaction in it.
He paused at the top of the hill. Men were carrying rubbish out of the workhouse and piling it in front of the building. He could hear hammers and sawing inside. Two labourers stood in a patch of shade by the ale barrel while someone else pored over a drawing stretched out on a piece of wood.
‘I didn’t even know the plans had gone through yet,’ Nottingham said and the man turned.
‘Don’t ask me,’ he said with a tired shake of his head.MoreLess
The street was dusty and his throat was dry. People tried to talk to him but he brushed by. Soon enough they’d all know what had happened. Not that it mattered, not w...ith John dead. An eye for an eye might be the old way but there was precious little satisfaction in it.
He paused at the top of the hill. Men were carrying rubbish out of the workhouse and piling it in front of the building. He could hear hammers and sawing inside. Two labourers stood in a patch of shade by the ale barrel while someone else pored over a drawing stretched out on a piece of wood.
‘I didn’t even know the plans had gone through yet,’ Nottingham said and the man turned.
‘Don’t ask me,’ he said with a tired shake of his head.MoreLess
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