Across the baricades

Chapter 11: Kevin is waiting for Sadie. She is late and he is very hurt from the beating. He can barely stand. An old man sees him and tries to get him home but Kevin wants to wait for Sadie. When they are about to leave Sadie arrives. She knows the old man. It is Mr. Blake or Twinkle Blake like they used to call him. It is her old geography-teacher. He is a Protestant but he does not care that Kevin is a Catholic. The three of them drive home to Mr. Blake's house where he lives alone. They stay there for a while, while Kevin rests. Sadie and Kevin talk and Sadie tells Kevin that she have decided not to see him anymore because she do not want to see him get anymore hurt. Chapter 12: Mr. Blake and Sadie drive Kevin home, and they agree on meeting at Mr. Blake's house for supper Friday because it is not so dangerous. When Sadie gets home she and Tommy suddenly hear a loud bang. Mrs. McConkey's shop has burst into flames. Mrs. McConkey dies. Mrs. Mullet blames Brede for putting a bomb or something in the shop because she saw her in the shop earlier that day and walked with her home. She demands Sadie to tell her what it was that Brede wanted, but Sadie does not say a thing. The next day Sadie must pretend to go to work because she has not told her mother yet that she got the sack. She goes to visit Mr. Blake as a cover. Chapter 13: Mr. Blake and Sadie talk a long time and Mr. Blake offers Sadie to clean and steady his house every day for a bit of money because he is so old. She agrees, and she is happy to have found another job. Next door to Mr. Blake live Moira Henderson and her family. Moira is a Catholic and her husband is a Protestant. They have got 3 children and are very happy. She talks to Moira and she sees that she has a lot to do with the children. She offers to take care of the children in the afternoons so that Moira can paint as she actually does. Moira aggress and says that she will pay Sadie. Now Sadie has got 2 jobs and she tells her mother and father. Friday Sadie and Kevin meet at Mr. Blake's house. Kevin is much better. They are happy that Mr. Blake is letting them stay there. He is nice and kind. Chapter 14: Kevin is still sick and cannot go to work. He is restless and cannot manage to