The Eden Passion
“Apparently the dictates of his kidneys took priority over his curiosity to see what fate had befallen his last odd-boy. Take your time, John thought. Give the blood a chance to flow.
In the interim, he again leaned back against the soiled straw and thought of that first morning, recalling the two minor shocks from which he had suffered. One, from the deep rumbling snores he'd heard all night coming from the cell across the way, he'd assumed that lying in darkness there was an army of odd-bo...ys with whom he might share his plight. Hence his surprise that first morning when he'd seen a solitary figure stumbling up out of the night, a flat-faced, dull-eyed boy from Mortemouth named Maddon. Not that the boy had told him his name. Old Samuel had grunted introductions. In fact, if Maddon possessed the art of speech at all, he'd never once displayed the talent for John's benefit. Of course he could scream in an impressive manner. They all could attest to that after yesterday.MoreLess
In the interim, he again leaned back against the soiled straw and thought of that first morning, recalling the two minor shocks from which he had suffered. One, from the deep rumbling snores he'd heard all night coming from the cell across the way, he'd assumed that lying in darkness there was an army of odd-bo...ys with whom he might share his plight. Hence his surprise that first morning when he'd seen a solitary figure stumbling up out of the night, a flat-faced, dull-eyed boy from Mortemouth named Maddon. Not that the boy had told him his name. Old Samuel had grunted introductions. In fact, if Maddon possessed the art of speech at all, he'd never once displayed the talent for John's benefit. Of course he could scream in an impressive manner. They all could attest to that after yesterday.MoreLess
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