Shoulder the Sky
“"Are you still after finding out if it really was Wil who brought him all the way?""Yes. I'd like to know'"Well, don't push him! If he doesn't know, he doesn't," she warned.But he did know, and he was happy to tell Joseph at some length how Wil had saved his life, at considerable risk, and how difficult the journey had been. His account was a little garbled, but it was clear enough to show that Wil could not have been anywhere near the length of trench known as Paradise Alley, where Prentice ha...d gone over the top. He had been over a mile away, more like two.Joseph left with a feeling of intense relief. Wil Sloan could not be guilty. For a moment he stood outside the casualty clearing station in the sun and felt absurdly happy. He found himself smiling, and started to walk briskly back to the supply trench again.He was halfway along it, dry clay under his feet, rats scattering in front of him with a sound like wind in leaves, that he realized he had inevitably driven himself closer to the fear that the murderer was one of Sam's men.MoreLess
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