Nadia"s ire with Casey thawed when she saw him lying in the hospital bed, bandaged, taped, and a plaster of Paris foot and arm. A look that comforted Casey, but for everyone else, it was a rare and too good to miss opportunity to enjoin in a good laugh at his expense. And, the Master of Ceremonies of this frivolity was Chas Larkin, who had his audience in raptures as he told the story like a practiced raconteur, the effect being to pour petrol on Wade"s raging fires as she took in revelation after revelation, only a half of which she had already guessed. Of course, she now knew Chas was Roisin. It seemed that Wendy and Nadia had worked that out following their meeting with Miss Doyle at the school and, it had truly been Chas who lumped Mickey Saint and his mates with the length of four by
