The Unbelievers (2009)
“He tried to smoke to calm his nerves, but the tobacco tasted like bile in his mouth. When he closed his eyes he imagined little Alice tossing and turning in a feverish chill, then the image turned to Helen in her wild alternations between quiet delirium and fevered madness as she wrestled with typhoid for three weeks, her red hair spilling over the white pillow as she screamed and cursed in her final agonies before the infection finally conquered her. As the locomotive’s whistle shrieked on ent...ering a tunnel Allerdyce put his hands over his ears, but the shrieking continued in his mind.
At last, after nine o’clock at night, the train reached Waverley Station. He leapt onto the platform as the train slowed. He pushed his way to the head of the queue for cabs and told the driver to hasten to Cumberland Street.
He opened his front door, dropped his valise in the hall, and rushed up the stairs to Alice’s room. As he entered he could see Margaret bent over the child’s bed, sponging her with cold water.MoreLess
At last, after nine o’clock at night, the train reached Waverley Station. He leapt onto the platform as the train slowed. He pushed his way to the head of the queue for cabs and told the driver to hasten to Cumberland Street.
He opened his front door, dropped his valise in the hall, and rushed up the stairs to Alice’s room. As he entered he could see Margaret bent over the child’s bed, sponging her with cold water.MoreLess
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