by McCabe, R. J
After Jack Blackwater had sent out almost all of his men in a bid to find Clara, her body had been finally found and returned to Roland.
Jack had sworn he would find the men and see them hung and while Roland believed he would try, he knew the men would be long gone and would most likely never be found, at least not by any living man.
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Roland bought his horses to a halt. He had finally found the place he was looking for.
He unloaded the body of his daughter and lay her carefully down on the ground. Roland then took the shovel from the back of the cart and began to dig.
It was almost December so the weather was just right for him. He imagined how hard it would be digging the makeshift grave on a hot August day.
Roland began to feel the grief leave him as he dug and it was slowly being replaced by a mixture of excitement, optimism, and fear.
He realised that although, if the story was true, he was giving his daughter the chance to avenge her death, he was also risking spreading a horrible disease amongst his fellow man, but still he dug.
