Paul Murray

When I came to again__arched, pain rampaging through my intestines__ was in my bed. The little bedside lamp illuminated two anxious faces, my sister__ and Mrs. P.__ (the latter looking a shade guilty, I noted, no doubt realizing that it was effectively through her negligence that I had been forced to poison myself) [. . .] __ think he has eaten many kidney beans._ Mrs. P. shuddered. __any kidney beans not cooked._ __eans!_ I cried again deliriously. __h for heaven__ sake,_ Bel said. __harles, listen carefully, did you soak the beans before you cooked them?_ __f course I didn__ soak them,_ I said. __hat are you talking about?