The Darkness Out There

• The Darkness Out There - written by Lively
• The Darkness Out There -

  Summary -

  • Sandra and Kerry are going to help an old lady - Mrs Rutter - with her housework
  • She tells them a story about something she did in the war - a WW2 german aeroplane was shot down, and crashed in the woods. Her and her sister saw one of the crew was still alive. They left him there to die
  • Sandra and Kerry are shocked and leave
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  Quotes -

  • ‘The boy had got up. He glanced down at the girl. “I’m going” he said. “Dunno about you, but I’m going” … “I’ll come too”’
  • ’I expect you’re a nice strong boy, aren’t you? I daresay you’d like to have a go at the grass with the old mower. Sandra can give this room a do, that would be nice’
  • ’The darkness out there and it was a part of you and you would never be without it, ever’
  • ’The neat print of the strap-marks against her sunburn, pink-white on brown… pretty feet… clean and plump and neat’
  • ’She put her sandal back on’
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  Context -

  • Set in 1980s
  • Story told from Sandra’s point of view (3rd person)
  • Mrs Rutters cottage
  • Packers End
  • Country Lane