Following Jesus in rejecting empire
When they arrive at the Murder Factory the next day, Mr. Murphey the manager and Mr. Cosgrove, the owner are waiting outside. Mr. Murphey flicks a cigarette butt to the ground. Although there are great dark circles under his eyes, he is more put together this morning than he was yesterday; pressed suit, black hat…
“The comings and goings of the Murder Factory are controlled quite carefully. I doubt very much you will be given passage!” Shelly snaps. The Rourk boys have been in Drogheda a week now, visiting the Kelly family daily. Ash and Jackson have grown close to the Kelly’s, especially to their daughter Shelly with whom they…
“The Franciscan Friary,” says Sister Julian. “The one in Drogheda. They have a home for orphan boys. Perhaps they will take Delaney. Brother O’Brien knows the situation. He will know what to do with her.” Sister Mary Eunice considers this. As hardened as her exterior appears, she has attached herself to the child. Her roughness…
The morning following Delaney’s birth, Mary Eunice had brought the child to Mother Imogen to examine the bizarre markings. “How perfectly odd.” She had said, turning the arm gingerly as the girl slept. “Clearly a tattoo. And you’ve been with this child since the birth?” “Yes, Mother.” “No one else has been with the child?”…
“On the ship yesterday,” Ash says. “From Liverpool. There were a group of people kept in steerage. I saw them as I poked about the ship before I was chased off. Then again as they were offloading.” “Yes, I processed the whole lot of new arrivals when they came in yesterday. Eight of them.” “Processed?”…