The Man Within
“They pecked at their words like sparrows for crumbs. ‘There was a fight, and one of the officers was killed.’ ‘They’ll hang for that. But three of them escaped.’ The vegetables began to grow and grow in size, cauliflowers, cabbages, carrots, potatoes. ‘Three of them escaped, three of them escaped,’ one of the cauliflowers repeated. Then the whole pile fell to the ground, and Carlyon was walking towards him. ‘Have you heard this one?’ he said. ‘Three of them escaped, three of them escaped.’ He c...ame nearer and nearer and his body grew in size, until it seemed as though it must burst like a swollen bladder. ‘Have you heard this one, Andrews?’ he said. Andrews became aware that somewhere behind a gun was being levelled, and he turned, but there were only two men, whose faces he could not see, laughing together. ‘Old Andrews, we won’t see his like again. Do you remember the time …’ ‘Oh, shut up, shut up,’ he called, ‘he was only a brute, I tell you. My father was a brute.’ ‘Ring a ring a roses,’ his father and Carlyon were dancing round him, holding hands.MoreLess
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