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Literature

RUFFIANS AND REPTILES: PART I/II

“Not another one…” a man muttered, as he spied from his bedroom window. At the edge of the garden, where beyond it laid the lush sprawls of the woods, a length of scaly, copper-coloured muscle shimmered along the grass in the sunlight. A small snake was slinking into the bushes, carrying its breakfast mouse in its mouth. Rafferty’s sigh was tinged with disgust. He opened up the uppermost windows of his bedroom, leaving the lower ones still closed. Putting on his woodsman’s vest and boots, it was time for a breakfast of his own. As small and rustic as the woodland cottage was, with its age showing through its walls, floor and ceiling, it was adequate enough for its inhabitants. Rafferty left the hallway and entered the kitchen, which doubled as a dining room. Valeria was dusting off the bookshelf with a fine-haired duster. His sour face straightened up as he smiled to his wife, who returned the favour. “Housework today, I see?” Rafferty commented. “A little bit, yes. Your