Traitor's Field
“St Mary’s Gate was one of the unmarked borders of the town, between the affluent centre and the slums beyond. It was a street of trade, of bustle, of the ebb and flow of rich and poor, fine clothes brightening the mud and every kind of accent to be heard haggling; so the Widow Carroll and her nieces lived unremarked, although the nieces might fetch a second glance in their regular visits to church.
Derby neither knew nor cared whether there had ever been a Mr Carroll, or the exact link betw...een widow and nieces. A set of women living alone must find some convenient tale or other and, after all, the establishment was intended precisely for the temporary escape from family bonds. At the Widow’s, reached by any of a number of alleys and then a discreet side door, a man might find exultation, inspiration or obliteration, a memory or a forgetting, or just a few minutes of warmth in the night-time of the world.
Michael Manders was an occasional guest.MoreLess
Derby neither knew nor cared whether there had ever been a Mr Carroll, or the exact link betw...een widow and nieces. A set of women living alone must find some convenient tale or other and, after all, the establishment was intended precisely for the temporary escape from family bonds. At the Widow’s, reached by any of a number of alleys and then a discreet side door, a man might find exultation, inspiration or obliteration, a memory or a forgetting, or just a few minutes of warmth in the night-time of the world.
Michael Manders was an occasional guest.MoreLess
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