“They made their escape the very next Sunday as they walked in crocodile formation back from church. She’d given Pearl and Billy careful instructions, ordering them not to do anything which might jeopardise their chances of success. The whole thing worked like a dream. Sister George collected up their prayer books and as Sister Joseph was impatiently ushering her charges out of the church yard along the road, the three McBrides slipped quietly out of line and managed to duck under the hedge with...out anyone noticing, just as the crocodile of children turned the corner. None of them moved a muscle after that, scarcely daring even to breathe as they waited for the last of the stragglers to vanish from sight. Once the road was empty, they grinned triumphantly at each other. If Ruby had known it could be this easy, she’d have done it years ago. ‘Come on,’ she said. ‘Let’s find the sanatorium.’ This proved to be more of a problem than they anticipated. They made their way back into Salford unerringly, as if it hadn’t been nearly three years since they’d left it.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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