Wages of Sin
“Some might have called it dull and box-like, but it was the kind of dwelling for which many people save hard for most of their working lives. It was also an incongruous setting for the news they had to break.
It was quickly apparent that the Dunnes had no inkling of what had happened to their daughter. Brendan Murphy took the initiative: it was the first death the young female constable in uniform beside him had had to break and she was plainly ill at ease.
Mrs Dunne, still unsuspecting, still ...anxious to break the conversational ice, said, ‘That’s a real Irish name, isn’t it, Murphy? Perhaps you’re a Catholic, like ourselves.’ ‘I am indeed, though I’ve lived all my life in Lancashire. Mrs Dunne, I’m afraid I may have bad news for you.’ Dismay clouded the bright, open countenance beneath the neat brown hair. ‘It’s Sarah, isn’t it? Has she had some sort of accident?’ ‘It’s worse than that, Mrs Dunne. We’re not absolutely certain it’s Sarah yet, but the girl we’re talking about is dead.’ Be as gentle as you can, but don’t wrap it up.MoreLess
It was quickly apparent that the Dunnes had no inkling of what had happened to their daughter. Brendan Murphy took the initiative: it was the first death the young female constable in uniform beside him had had to break and she was plainly ill at ease.
Mrs Dunne, still unsuspecting, still ...anxious to break the conversational ice, said, ‘That’s a real Irish name, isn’t it, Murphy? Perhaps you’re a Catholic, like ourselves.’ ‘I am indeed, though I’ve lived all my life in Lancashire. Mrs Dunne, I’m afraid I may have bad news for you.’ Dismay clouded the bright, open countenance beneath the neat brown hair. ‘It’s Sarah, isn’t it? Has she had some sort of accident?’ ‘It’s worse than that, Mrs Dunne. We’re not absolutely certain it’s Sarah yet, but the girl we’re talking about is dead.’ Be as gentle as you can, but don’t wrap it up.MoreLess
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