Final Sacrament (Clarenceux Trilogy) - Plot & Excerpts
But no one was looking up. Everyone was concentrating on the bull, a muscular brown animal with a rugged, thick neck, four hundred pounds in weight, tethered by a chain and a wide leather collar. People were shouting and clapping: men and women, young and old. As the fight moved in one direction, so did the circle around them, shifting about the central point where the bull was tethered. There was a smell of blood and sweat in the air. Two dogs were dead, two still fighting. The bull, which had been so aggressive when first led into the ring, was exhausted. It stood panting, blood running down its neck on one side. Two men stood guard with spears as the bull stared at the remaining dogs, one of which was yapping. The lull in the fight only increased the enthusiasm of the crowd. They knew the kill was near. Two children watching from the chamber above a clothier’s shop were cheering, enjoying the spectacle. A couple of young women in the room above the shop next door had screamed in excitement when the bull had gored one of the now-dead dogs on its horn—and screamed even louder when a dog dashed in close enough to bite the skin on the bull’s neck.
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