Hangover Square (36 page)
Authors: Patrick Hamilton
He was under chloroform. It was like that time, years and years ago, when he was a little boy before he went to school, when he had that operation for adenoids, and his sister Ellen was allowed in to hold his hand…
He put out his hand to see if Ellen’s hand was still there. Yes, he felt it there – amidst all the whorls and tunnels and shafts. ‘All right,’ she said, as she said in those old days. ‘It’s all right. Don’t be frightened, George. It’s all right.’
He died in the early morning, and because of the interest then prevailing in the war, was given very little publicity by the press. Indeed only one newspaper, a sensational picture daily, gave the matter any space or prominence – bringing out (his crude epitaph) the headlines:
SLAYS TWO
FOUND GASSED
T
HINKS OF
C
AT
Table of Contents
The First Part
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
The Second Part
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
The Third Part
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
The Fourth Part
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
The Fifth Part
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
The Sixth Part
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
The Seventh Part
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
The Eighth Part
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
The Ninth Part
Chapter One
Chapter Two
The Tenth Part
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
The Last Part
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
