I want to get past Black Donnellys horrible place but not before my uncle is convinced of things there. Was it really a nightmare I had last night?No! I am certain of what I saw.Rounding the bend, there it is. Black Donnellys place in the spent bog, as bleak and foreboding as ever. Parked in front is Mickey Motors motorcar. And Mickey peering in through the front window, cupping his hands to his eyes against the glare of the dirty panes."I brought two pigs for Donnelly. Hes not in the slaughterhouse where he ought to be at this time of day. And theres no answer from the house. He must be dead or something!"Mickey goes around to the back, to enter the slaughterhouse by the trapdoor, the one used to haul the carcasses by the winch. There is an entrance to the house from the slaughterhouse. Mickey seems to know his way around the forbidding place. We wait for Mickey to reappear. My uncle hammers on the door with his fists.He shouts, "Mickey! Mickey! Are you there? Whats keeping you? For Gods sake, Mickey, answer me!"There is a sound from the house. Mickey, or someone, is falling about in there. Is he tripping or slipping or what? At last the sound of the front door being unlatched, and Mickey stumbles out holding on to the wall for support. His black boots and blue overall knees are wet, so he must have fallen on a wet floor. He moves away from the door, still leaning on the wall for support. Then he vomits and slides to the ground. He is shaken, pale and weak. Nevertheless...

Binding: Paperback;298 pages; Publisher: Fergus P Egan; Classification: FF; Weight: 456 g; Dimensions: 125 x 203 x 21

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