She read the time but it didn’t register. If anyone had told her that a century had passed since they had left Tonypandy, she would have believed them. Minutes had crawled by like hours, especially on the tram that had taken forever to reach the market town at the head of the valleys, and afterwards, when they had been forced to wait for half an hour on Pontypridd station for a train. ‘Let me pay the driver.’ Father Kelly slipped his hand into his cassock pocket. Sali didn’t argue. She opened the door, jumped down from the carriage without waiting for the cabman to lower the steps and ran as fast as she could to the main entrance. The entrance hall was crowded with people, most apparently milling about aimlessly. A doctor was talking to a group of men scribbling on notepads. Two porters wheeled a trolley out of a side corridor towards them. Sali stepped forward and studied the occupant. A red blanket was pulled to the chin ...
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