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Death at the Sign of the Rook

Book by Kate Atkinson · 5 quotes · Abolition, Abolition Of Slavery Act, Age

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“They should bring back hanging,' the gloomy man at the counter said, indicating the rolling news on the TV screen behind him. 'Well,' Reggie demurred. She didn't agree with hanging, she much preferred the idea of criminals roasting in the fires of hell twenty-four hours a day. Did they have day and night in hell? Did they damp down the fires in the evening and stoke them up again in the morning?”