Past Lives
“Sergeant Malcolm sat in front beside the uniformed driver. Clements and Macandrew sat in the back.
'He’s a researcher in a field I'm interested in,' replied Macandrew. 'I thought that, as I was in Scotland, I would look him up. It was then I found out he was in the process of becoming, a Benedictine monk.' 'That must have come as a bit of a shock,' said Clements.
'You can say that again.’ 'What field would that be?' 'I'm a neurosurgeon. Burnett had carried out some interesting research on brain... tumours and their after effects. It seemed promising stuff.' ‘But then it all went wrong and he killed someone?’ ‘Pardon?’ said Macandrew, taken aback.
‘Sorry, I thought I saw a guilt trip looming up,’ said Clements. ‘I had a Catholic upbringing - spent a week in a monastery once. My mother – a devout woman all her days, God bless her – thought it would do me good to be exposed to truly good people who had denied themselves everything to follow God.’ Clements snorted and turned to look out of the car window.MoreLess
'He’s a researcher in a field I'm interested in,' replied Macandrew. 'I thought that, as I was in Scotland, I would look him up. It was then I found out he was in the process of becoming, a Benedictine monk.' 'That must have come as a bit of a shock,' said Clements.
'You can say that again.’ 'What field would that be?' 'I'm a neurosurgeon. Burnett had carried out some interesting research on brain... tumours and their after effects. It seemed promising stuff.' ‘But then it all went wrong and he killed someone?’ ‘Pardon?’ said Macandrew, taken aback.
‘Sorry, I thought I saw a guilt trip looming up,’ said Clements. ‘I had a Catholic upbringing - spent a week in a monastery once. My mother – a devout woman all her days, God bless her – thought it would do me good to be exposed to truly good people who had denied themselves everything to follow God.’ Clements snorted and turned to look out of the car window.MoreLess
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