Jump And Other Stories (1990)
“When he came from his meeting he turned the key but the door was quickly opened from the inside—she was there, Teresa, a terribly vivid face. Her thin bare feet clutched the floorboards, she was in her cotton nightgown that in bed he would draw away tenderly, the curtain of her body.
—They’ve taken my mother. Robbie and Francie and my mother.— He must have said something—No! Good God!—but was at once in awe of her, of what had happened to her while he was not there. The questions were a tumble of rock upon them: When? Where? Who told her?
—Jimmy just phoned from a call box. He didn’t have enough change, we were cut off, I nearly went crazy, I didn’t know what number to call back. Then he phoned again. They came to the house and took my mother and Francie as well as Robbie.— —Your mother! I can’t believe it! How could they take that old woman? She doesn’t even know what politics is—what could they possibly detain her for?— His wife stood there in the entrance, barring his and her way i...nto their home.—I don’t know… she’s the mother.MoreLess
—They’ve taken my mother. Robbie and Francie and my mother.— He must have said something—No! Good God!—but was at once in awe of her, of what had happened to her while he was not there. The questions were a tumble of rock upon them: When? Where? Who told her?
—Jimmy just phoned from a call box. He didn’t have enough change, we were cut off, I nearly went crazy, I didn’t know what number to call back. Then he phoned again. They came to the house and took my mother and Francie as well as Robbie.— —Your mother! I can’t believe it! How could they take that old woman? She doesn’t even know what politics is—what could they possibly detain her for?— His wife stood there in the entrance, barring his and her way i...nto their home.—I don’t know… she’s the mother.MoreLess
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