IN THE PINK
They met again that night in the old Opinion office.
“Where’s Mr Pen?” said Alice looking round.
“He doesn’t come out of his house any more,” said Miriam. “He can’t walk because of his back and he thinks the life will go from him soon.”
Alice turned sadly away. Even now they all hoped that it would all somehow be different and that they had misjudged Fortuna. But the moment they looked out of the windows and saw a crowd gathering under the lights to listen to Fortuna and huge Pink banners hanging down from the balcony of the Town Hall, they knew nothing had changed.
“They burnt all the blue Rasper uniforms in a big bonfire on the Green this afternoon,” said Miriam. “Fortuna’s colour is Pink.”
“And there’s pictures of her stuck to every tree,” said Sam despairingly.
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