Smithereens Press Chapbooks 'Zero at the Bone' by David Wheatley

MCDONALD What they were most afraid of was a plot. MCALLISTER The Riddle of the Sands... MCDONALD A stealthy U-boat slipping past the point, or one of those freighters... But what if the enemy lurked within our borders? MCALLISTER ‘“Our” borders!’ [Laughs.] Think of Erskine ‘blue blood’ Childers before you hand out any British passports. Here we are though, on the front line, if any manner of plot were to go down. It’s funny. I’ve had a sense this last while, mark my words, we’ve turned into... MCDONALD Who? MCALLISTER Davies and... MCDONALD [Slaps him on the back, mock-RP accent.] Carruthers. 19

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