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Date Posted: 15:48:14 09/06/09 Sun
Author: Carla
Subject: Chap. 78 Englishman & Chap. 79 Blood Brothers

Chap. 78 Englishman
A road sign in South Armagh

Pat gets a phone call in the middle of the night from the English barracks telling him David had gone off on his own to a pub in South Armagh known for being a Republican stronghold and hasn't returned. Knowing David is either in serious trouble or dead, Pat sets off to see if he can rescue him. With guidance from the blind FIL of the pub's owner, he gets an idea of where David might be. When he arrives, he finds David in the classic IRA execution pose. Without thinking further, he kills the three men holding David. He takes the badly injured David to hospital and slips away in the chaos.

Pat goes to Jamie to have the bullet removed from his own arm and to ask for advice. Jamie tells him one of the men he shot was able to leave the scene. He comments they'll have to do something about the two witnesses, as well. Pat flounders around wondering what to do, and Jamie tells him to turn himself in means certain death and it's not as if the British care if two IRA men were murdered. Pat tries to come to grips with the fact he's killed two men.

Why the hell would David, no innocent about the situation in NI, place himself is such a dangerous position?
If you'd been Pat, would you have gone after David, knowing it could mean your death?
Were you surprised by Jamie's pronouncement that he has "two men in every county"?
Could you have done what Pat did, and kill to save a friend?

Chap. 79 Blood Brothers
An abandoned fish plant.

Casey receives something which leads him to believe he knows who killed Lawrence. He goes to an abandoned fish plant and finds Robin there. Robin admits to killing Lawrence, but says the boy was so badly damaged physically when he found him it was a mercy. It seems Lawrence had found out Robin was working both sides -- IRA and British. The men battle until both are grievously wounded. Robin asks Casey to kill him, but Casey finds he can't. Before he kills himself Robin tells Casey about Pamela and Love.

At home, Pamela finds the picture Robin sent to Casey and figures the men are having a show-down of some sort. Beside herself with worry, she finally manages to doze off only to awake to an injured Casey asking her if it's true she and Love had an affair. She tells him yes and why. They have an emotionally fraught and tense exchange, which ends with Casey leaving. He places a kiss on Pamela's head before he does.

Do you agree with Robin, that sometimes people are so damaged they are better off dead? Why did Robin wait so long to end his own life if this is how he feels?
Why do you think Casey couldn't kill Robin in the end?
Pamela says that during the affair with Love, she hated Casey for putting her in a position where she had to do such a thing. Is she just shirking responsibility for her actions or do you agree Casey played a role in what happened between Pamela and Love? What could/should he have done differently?
Why, after all their harsh words and Casey's admission he wasn't sure if he was coming back, do you think he kissed Pamela so gently before leaving?

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