I am alive, and well, and at liberty—and I’ve filled the suffragette petition with names.
THE END
The first person I have a chance to speak to is Esther, and since her daughter is distracted I know it might be my only chance.
‘The new guard is my son, Patrick O’Connell,’ I tell her. ‘He’s going to get me out of here, and there may be a chance for others to escape at the same time.’
‘A chance?’ she says. ‘Which means there’s also a chance it could all go wrong.’
‘Well. . . it may not have any effect on you at all. I don’t know the details. You’re the only person I’ve told about him so far.’
She gives me a long, thoughtful look, and then walks away, grabbing Becky as she goes.
I notice too late that she’s talking to Mr Yohannes. Everyone knows he’s sweet on her.
They turn and look at
