The Ballad of Gregoire Darcy (2011)
The Ballad of Gregoire Darcy
“He had been there twice for a different half-brother, and under much more frustrating (and expensive) circumstances.
The door to a cell was opened. A sandy-haired man, still in partial uniform, emerged, looking tired and confused as he was told by the officer that he was free.
“Your debts were paid,” Darcy said, “courtesy of an anonymous donor who happened to meet your desperate parents, who’ve had no word of you since the war, Mr. McGowan.” He did not wait for the man to respond before shoving... some bills and a ticket in his hands. “Your ship leaves in the morning for Dublin. This was all done on the good faith that you would return home to them as expediently as possible.You can make up whatever lie you like to explain your absence, but that would not be in the spirit of your patron. All I will tell you is that you had better be there for that ship’s departure and you had better be in Ireland by the end of the week.Your parents are sick with grief, or so I’m told.”
The former soldier looked down at the money and then up at him, wide-eyed.MoreLess
The door to a cell was opened. A sandy-haired man, still in partial uniform, emerged, looking tired and confused as he was told by the officer that he was free.
“Your debts were paid,” Darcy said, “courtesy of an anonymous donor who happened to meet your desperate parents, who’ve had no word of you since the war, Mr. McGowan.” He did not wait for the man to respond before shoving... some bills and a ticket in his hands. “Your ship leaves in the morning for Dublin. This was all done on the good faith that you would return home to them as expediently as possible.You can make up whatever lie you like to explain your absence, but that would not be in the spirit of your patron. All I will tell you is that you had better be there for that ship’s departure and you had better be in Ireland by the end of the week.Your parents are sick with grief, or so I’m told.”
The former soldier looked down at the money and then up at him, wide-eyed.MoreLess
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