The Red Herring (2012)
“She was probably around the same age as her husband, Woodend thought, but even allowing for the stress she was under at that moment, it was plain that the years had not treated her anything like as kindly as they’d treated him. The woman looked a mess. Her mousy brown hair hung lifelessly over the sides of her skull, her large, frightened eyes bulged, and the skin on her right cheekbone was beginning to turn a nasty shade of purple.
‘Do you have any children of your own, Mr Woodend?’ the woman ...asked timidly.
‘Aye. A daughter. A bit older than your Helen.’ ‘So you can imagine how I feel?’ ‘All too well,’ Woodend told her. ‘You loathe an’ despise the man who’s taken your daughter.’ ‘Yes.’ ‘You could watch him bein’ slowly torn apart by a pack of wild dogs, an’ not even be put off your dinner.’ ‘You’re right. Does that make me a terrible person?’ ‘Not at all. Like I said, I’d feel exactly the same way myself.’ Had felt the same way himself!MoreLess
‘Do you have any children of your own, Mr Woodend?’ the woman ...asked timidly.
‘Aye. A daughter. A bit older than your Helen.’ ‘So you can imagine how I feel?’ ‘All too well,’ Woodend told her. ‘You loathe an’ despise the man who’s taken your daughter.’ ‘Yes.’ ‘You could watch him bein’ slowly torn apart by a pack of wild dogs, an’ not even be put off your dinner.’ ‘You’re right. Does that make me a terrible person?’ ‘Not at all. Like I said, I’d feel exactly the same way myself.’ Had felt the same way himself!MoreLess
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