May woke with the promise of a migraine. She lay for a moment, letting the hazy sunlight filter through her half-closed lids ‘til the crash of military cymbals jerked her into attention. The boys in the band were practising, hence the incipient headache. ‘Nessun Dorma’ ran swiftly into ‘A Life On The Ocean Wave’, followed by a rousing ‘Rule Britannia’. Tonight was their concert for the Music Festival, May was doing the sandwiches.…
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England was an unhappy land. The people were fearful; believing that life itself was composed of danger and unknown and unknowable threats to their safety.
Old people did not leave their homes after dark, children were not allowed to play outside even in daylight hours and were escorted everywhere by anxious adults…
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