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January 19, 2010 By frankskeffington

The words came out in a horse whisper, but they were loud and distinct, confident and undefeated.  Adam felt like cheering.  He heard the Monsignor exclaim, softly and delightfully, “Oh grand, grand, grand!” And Adam did not even look at his father-in-law.  Instead, he watched his uncle: Skeffington was turning his head slowly, looking at them all.  After a moment, he said, quite distinctly, “Francis?”

There was no answer.  Then agonized, Adam said, “He just went out for a moment, Uncle Frank. He’ll be right back.”

“He has a grand sense of timing,” Skeffington said.  The whisper now was fainter; Skeffington slipped back, and lay flat once more.  From this position his head turned, very slowly, to look at them all again.  When he came to Maeve, he paused and smiled; his lips parted and moved, as though he were speaking; the words not audible.  His head continued to turn, and he stopped when he came to Adam.  Uncle and nephew looked at each other; for one moment, no one else might have been in the room.  Then Skeffington smiled again–there was just a faint flicker of his eyelid, and he spoke his last words to Adam.  

“See you around,” he whispered.

The whisper was barely audible, but Adam heard. Skeffington’s eyes seemed now to snap shut; his head turned back with a queer, abrupt jerk; his body stiffened; and one arm hung rigidly over the side of the bed, pointing to the floor.

Frank Skeffington was dead.

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  1. joeltpatterson says

    January 19, 2010 at 10:54 pm

    Too bad you’re keeping your promise.

  2. hoyapaul says

    January 19, 2010 at 10:57 pm

    If billxi had a heart (it was billxi who made this bet, right?), then he would pardon FrankSkeffington.

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    p>C’mon, I know you’re in a good mood, billxi. Let him keep his name!

  3. bob-neer says

    January 20, 2010 at 11:35 pm

    Bill, you are bigger than this. I agree: mercy in victory reaps rewards. I think that is somewhere in Matthew.

  4. huh says

    January 28, 2010 at 3:51 pm

    Username: Pogo
    PersonId: 9142
    Created: Tue Jan 19, 2010 at 22:50:25 PM EST

    Bio:
    I once ranked high in the BMG community with a ID # of 577.  But hubris brought about my 9142 standing.  

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    p>And

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    Username: FrankSkeffington
    PersonId: 577
    Created: Wed Dec 14, 2005 at 18:44:06 PM EST

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    p>GO POGO!

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