Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Chance of Parole

The third short story in Part 2 of Welsh Cakes is titled Chance of Parole and has a male protagonist called Benjamin Holly. His marriage and his job are less than satisfactory and, though he tries to better himself on the job front, he makes no attempt to improve his marriage situation. His new life as a sewing machine repair man gives him more challenges in his work, which he enjoys, as well as a lot more freedom to meet women who are sometimes very lonely. His philandering lifestyle leads him into a bad situation for which he gets blamed. Whether he was directly responsible for a woman's death or not, sooner or later it is certain that something bad would happen and he would get blamed.

1 comment:

Peter Black said...

You've got to stop this, Judith -- bringing me back to situations in my past! ;)
Well, not the philandering (thank you, Lord!), but situations that could have easily led to it, during my days, decades ago, as a piano tuner-technician.
Intriguing though. I'll get the full scoop, one of these days.