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Shadow of the Serpent im-1

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by David Ashton


  The lacerations on his stomach sustained from the encounter, despite his disclamations to Lieutenant Roach, still pained him. It had been touch and go.

  ‘I have it on good account, you were the hero of the hour,’ remarked Jean, who heard everything, eventually.

  ‘That’s the tale,’ said McLevy. ‘But one thing I may tell you for true. Sadie Gorman’s death has been avenged. And the wee dollymop as well.’

  ‘So all has ended in a blaze of glory,’ Jean murmured.

  His face clouded over.

  ‘No. There is still one mystery. And I am still bound to a promise.’

  They sat quietly together while a few insects took precarious flight and Lily laid her circlet of white daisies on Francine’s black hair.

  Innocence can be found everywhere but the opposite is also readily available.

  Good and evil. Entwined together. In the dance.

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