The Considine Curse (2011)
“No one would suspect from their behaviour that during my two-day stay one of them threatened to kill me and the other actually tried to do so.
Uncle Sewell drives us off the campus to drop me at the church before taking Mum to pick up the hire car. Both of them are keen to avoid the embarrassment of having to explain to Father Gowlett why they are not attending his sermon so they drop me off around the corner from the church.
Another day of sunshine has reduced the snow covering in the churchya...rd to a few grubby-looking clumps but it is still cold and icicles hang from the church roof.
I am the youngest member of the congregation by a long way and Father Gowlett does a good job of hiding his disappointment at the small turnout. He reads some prayers and delivers a sermon about being kind to one another. The hymns we sing are tuneless dirges, accompanied by the old lady on the organ and her yapping dog, who I recognise from Grandma’s funeral. When Father Gowlett finally says my Grandma’s name, it is as part of a long list of other local people who have recently died.MoreLess
Uncle Sewell drives us off the campus to drop me at the church before taking Mum to pick up the hire car. Both of them are keen to avoid the embarrassment of having to explain to Father Gowlett why they are not attending his sermon so they drop me off around the corner from the church.
Another day of sunshine has reduced the snow covering in the churchya...rd to a few grubby-looking clumps but it is still cold and icicles hang from the church roof.
I am the youngest member of the congregation by a long way and Father Gowlett does a good job of hiding his disappointment at the small turnout. He reads some prayers and delivers a sermon about being kind to one another. The hymns we sing are tuneless dirges, accompanied by the old lady on the organ and her yapping dog, who I recognise from Grandma’s funeral. When Father Gowlett finally says my Grandma’s name, it is as part of a long list of other local people who have recently died.MoreLess
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