Lieutenant (2010)
“Rooke heard of it when the boy from the regiment arrived gasping at his hut.
‘They got the gamekeeper, sir. He is done for.’ He could hardly speak for panting, but there was excitement in him too, the idea of being done for nothing more than words for this red-faced boy, the blood vivid in his cheeks.
Rooke received the news numbly. The only surprise was his lack of surprise. The emptiness he felt within himself, the gap where happiness had once been, was made concrete by this news. A b...ewitched time, an impossible time, had come to an end for his private self. Of course it should come to an end in a public way as well.
‘Major Wyatt says.’ The boy screwed his eyes up tight to get the message right. ‘He says will Lieutenant Rooke kindly attend at the barracks this evening at six o’clock, sir, with his compliments, that is.’ Rooke thought, I can feign illness, can tell the boy that Lieutenant Rooke sends his compliments but is indisposed.MoreLess
‘They got the gamekeeper, sir. He is done for.’ He could hardly speak for panting, but there was excitement in him too, the idea of being done for nothing more than words for this red-faced boy, the blood vivid in his cheeks.
Rooke received the news numbly. The only surprise was his lack of surprise. The emptiness he felt within himself, the gap where happiness had once been, was made concrete by this news. A b...ewitched time, an impossible time, had come to an end for his private self. Of course it should come to an end in a public way as well.
‘Major Wyatt says.’ The boy screwed his eyes up tight to get the message right. ‘He says will Lieutenant Rooke kindly attend at the barracks this evening at six o’clock, sir, with his compliments, that is.’ Rooke thought, I can feign illness, can tell the boy that Lieutenant Rooke sends his compliments but is indisposed.MoreLess
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