Three more miles to Banbury Cross, he thought. Once past Kurtz, he gave Underhill a look of fervent gratitude which Underhill either missed or chose not to acknowledge. Thank God you came along. Owen is shaking him, Owen is once more telling him to wake up, Henry, wake up, wake3up, for God's sake!' It was the fright in Owen's voice that finally roused Henry from his dream.
He remembered. He wasn't clean now. There are a billion things in the world Jonesy doesn't know — what kind of link he and his friends share with Duddits, for one — but he knows he can't stay in here in Gosselin's much longer. How could those kids, mean and stupid as they were, go on in the face of that crying? Henry will understand later — sort of — but at that moment it's a complete mystery to him.
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