(Peter Crouch was standing upright now, looking
through the crack of the door. He saw Mrs. Adis
struggle to her feet and stand by the table, looking
down on the dead man's face. He saw her put her
hand into her apron pocket, where she had thrust the
key of the shed.
"The Boormans have gone after Crouch,' said
Vidler, nervously breaking the silence.
"They'd thought he'd broken through the wood
Ironlatch way. There's no chance of his having been
by here? You haven't seen him to-night ma'am?'
There was a pause.
"No,' said Mrs. Adis, 'I haven't seen him. Not
since Tuesday.' She took her hand out of her apron's
pocket.
"Well, we'll be getting around and fetch Mrs. Gain.
Reckon you'd be glad to have hre.'
Mrs. Adis nodded.
'Will you carry him in there first?' and she pointed
to the bedroom door.
The men picked up the stretcher and carried it into
the next room. Then silently each wrung the mother
by the hand and went away.
She waited until they had shut the door, then she
came towards the shed. Crouch once more fell a
shivering. He couldn't bear it. No he'd rather be
hanged than face Mrs. Adis. He heard the key turn
in the lock and he nearly screamed.
But she did not come in. She merely unlocked the
door, then crossed the kitchen with a heavy, dragging
footstep and Shut herself in the room where Tom was.)
Peter Crouch knew what he must do--the only
hing she wanted him to do, the only thing he could
ossibly do. He opened the door and silently went out,
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This passage is taken from the part "Mrs. Adis" by Kaye Smith.
- Kaye-Smith's "Mrs. Adis" recounts the narrative of a laborer lady who consents to conceal a frantic youngster who comes to her home asking for assurance.
- He has been found poaching on the close by home and, in a frenzy, killed one of the gamekeepers.
- Realizing that her child was a beloved companion of the criminal, the lady takes him in and doesn't double-cross him, in any event, when she finds that the man he has killed was her child.
- Mrs. Adis because she has saved the man from the attendant only for her affection towards her child Tom.
- She has additionally felt that the man has not carried out grave wrongdoing and can be allowed an opportunity to save himself.
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