The Last Nightingale (2007)
The Last Nightingale
“It was carried under the arm of the private from the day before, who finished reading it while sipping coffee poured from a pot hung over the fire pit. Instead of tossing the used newspaper into the flames, he pulled it into sections and then used them as protection from the cold for his hands while he carried the day’s delivery of ice blocks inside. He left each section of the paper with each ice block, piling the ice with the newsprint sandwiched between to help keep the blocks from freezing ...together.
He left the pile under layers of burlap for Tommie to distribute over the corpses as needed, since Tommie had been pleased to volunteer to work inside. The ice was never to be allowed to melt off of the mummy-wrapped body located in the back. That particular guest got fresh ice first, no matter what. Tommie worked in earnest, and the stench of decay soon infiltrated the pores of his exposed skin and every fiber of his clothing.
No worse than a public outhouse, he cheerfully pointed out to himself.MoreLess
He left the pile under layers of burlap for Tommie to distribute over the corpses as needed, since Tommie had been pleased to volunteer to work inside. The ice was never to be allowed to melt off of the mummy-wrapped body located in the back. That particular guest got fresh ice first, no matter what. Tommie worked in earnest, and the stench of decay soon infiltrated the pores of his exposed skin and every fiber of his clothing.
No worse than a public outhouse, he cheerfully pointed out to himself.MoreLess
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