Fragment 23 /Midsummer /Terce /Wed, 23 Dec 1998
Her dark hair still heavy from her morning shower, Mae merges herself with those now flowing over an old footbridge towards work. Their eyes are before their feet, their breathing short and hurried. She passes with them into the bricks and mortar of the town, strides briskly down King William Street and turns into the courtyard of a small business centre. The name Margate Sands hangs above it and an isolate oak tree is encircled in the centre of its paving. To counter the curse she feels the bells of Saint Mary are tolling, Mae walks up to the oak to run her hand across its bark. But as the bells chime their final dead stroke of the hour, Mae sees Audrey enter the bricked square from the opposite side. She pulls up short of the oak, her eyes flickering with sudden jealous vehemence at this girl who now bestrides Gary.
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