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Date Posted: 19:06:19 08/25/09 Tue
Author: Carla
Subject: Part Five: An Aran Idyll

Chapter 56: The Fabulous Five
HMS Maidstone

Casey et al prepare for their escape, only to have the disappearance of one of the prisoners throw their timing off. They arrive on dry land to find no transportation awaiting them. Casey manages to “steal” a bus, which Roland drives hell-for-leather into a Republican enclave where the British don’t dare follow. People meet them in the streets with clothes, hot tea and a car. They travel on a further hour, finishing the night in Shane’s BIL’s pub, where Casey tries to contact Pamela. When the coast is clear, the men head out of Belfast, on the road to Dublin.

Why do you think Casey almost allowed himself to drown on the swim from the ship? Does luck play a role in their escape? Is luck something you simply have or do you make your own?

Chapter 57: I Will Lead You Home
A cottage on Inishmore

Jamie meets Casey in the middle of nowhere in the Republic to give him clean clothes, a car and a destination. He gives him, also, a succinct update on Pamela’s state of mind and tells him to stay away from her as that’s where the Brits will look for him first. It also seems Joe Doherty is looking for Casey, too, and with no more love than the English.

Casey arrives on Inishmore, one of the Aran Islands, and prepares to collapse into bed in the cottage Jamie has arranged for him only to find Pamela standing in the door. The reunion is at first hesitant, with each of them unsure how to resume their relationship after so much has happened. Even in bed, where they are usually of one accord, things are awkward and their emotions come between them at first. They end the night with a small talk that goes some way towards bridging the gap between them.

Chapter 58: The Morning After

Pamela makes Casey breakfast and then tells her, at her request, about his time on the prison ship. They end by telling each other of their love.

Often when you’ve built up a reunion or meeting in your head over days and months it doesn’t go as you imagined it would. Do you think Pamela is right to be angry with Casey for his internment? Is it a logical response to what’s happened, or just a real one?

Cindy ends Chapter 58 with these words: “I love you.” “I love you too.” “It was enough.” Is love enough?

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