Chapter 24By nine o'clock, every pitch is taken and most people have set up their stalls. The Charity Committee has raised over twelve hundred euros, and on top of that, many of the local charities are represented with individual stalls. There are children's charities, cancer charities, and several different animal charities, not to mention charities to raise funds for everything from a school rugby team to a senior citizens' singles club. They are all here and they are all enthusiastic. From a rather grey beginning, it has turned into a glorious day. The food and drink stand is doing a roaring trade and so is Patricia. By ten-thirty, she has sold all but the last two pies, and by ten thirty-five, they've been bought by the singles club to eat with their morning coffee. Ninety euros to the
