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Back Man at the Window Save as PDF
Chapters (61)
  1. Cover
  2. One
  3. Two
  4. Three
  5. Four
  6. Five
  7. Six
  8. Seven
  9. Eight
  10. Nine
  11. Ten
  12. Eleven
  13. Twelve
  14. Thirteen
  15. Fourteen
  16. Fifteen
  17. Sixteen
  18. Seventeen
  19. Eighteen
  20. Nineteen
  21. Twenty
  22. Twenty-One
  23. Twenty-Two
  24. Twenty-Three
  25. Twenty-Four
  26. Twenty-Five
  27. Twenty-Six
  28. Twenty-Seven
  29. Twenty-Eight
  30. Twenty-Nine
  31. Thirty
  32. Thirty-One
  33. Thirty-Two
  34. Thirty-Three
  35. Thirty-Four
  36. Thirty-Five
  37. Thirty-Six
  38. Thirty-Seven
  39. Thirty-Eight
  40. Thirty-Nine
  41. Forty
  42. Forty-One
  43. Forty-Two
  44. Forty-Three
  45. Forty-Four
  46. Forty-Five
  47. Forty-Six
  48. Forty-Seven
  49. Forty-Eight
  50. Forty-Nine
  51. Fifty
  52. Fifty-One
  53. Fifty-Two
  54. Fifty-Three
  55. Fifty-Four
  56. Fifty-Five
  57. Fifty-Six
  58. Fifty-Seven
  59. Fifty-Eight
  60. Acknowledgements
  61. About the author

‘You know what you’ll get if you don’t?’

‘I can’t, I don’t remember, I’d fainted.’

‘You fainted, you little girl,’ Binder said and turned looking for applause from his mates. He didn’t see the first four punches that landed on the back of his head. When he pushed back from the boy, the boy ran at him, kicking and flailing his arms. Binder staggered among his mates who were also ducking. Binder was sitting on the floor with his arms up protecting his face when the boy was plucked from him. His arms and legs still struck out while Double Daws held him three feet from the ground. Yelling and laughter filled the corridor. A group of second formers were cheering and running at the other third formers as if to bash them too. Binder scrambled backwards and was pulled to his feet. A few sixth formers shouted commands. Double Daws threw the boy to the floor where the second formers picked him up and crowded around him, jeering at the third formers.

Carmody arrived. The second formers ran, the boy was dropped on his backside, but quickly scrambled to his feet. The third formers also tried to run but a sixth former caught Binder by the collar. His legs flew out in front of him, he dropped to the floor, jumped up and was pushed against the wall by Double Daws’ massive hand pushing on his chest. Binder had a lump on the back of his head and reddening on his forehead and cheek. The boy ran at him again swinging his arms. Binder cringed and tried to slide away from the pressure Double Daws had on his chest.