Chapter 4
Ernest was reading with a lot of interest the articles of the newspapers that Roni brought him. They were all oriented on the same line; they talked about Margaret Houg’s death, but without too many details. Obviously. The death of a rich and powerful man’s wife made news, mostly because it happened in a psychiatric hospital. Not wanting to consider this small detail there wasn’t anything else interesting. Already from the third day the newspapers seemed to have forgotten the woman’s death. For this reason Ernest marveled at reading an article that dealt with the issue again and that it was written twenty-five days after her death. It was an article anything but quiet. The controversy was ubiquitous and the attack was addressed to everyone, James Houg included.
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