Matthew Sweeney nació en Lifford (Irlanda) en 1952 y murió en Cork (Irlanda) en 2018. GOLD After the murder, I called a meeting to see if we were happy. I declared I was not — I said I liked the man we shot. You all disagreed with this. I asked if you knew him, his wife, none of you did. “Kill me, then,” I said. You all stared at me. “Why, Bernard? Of course we won’t.” “Why not?” I said. “He was a good man, a better man than me. And look at what I’ve brought you — rubbish, dodgy tales, dross.” “Easy to dismiss that,” you said. “We appreciated it all. And you wandered the wild paths to bring it back to us — your songs, your legends, magic stories, your gold.” I thanked you, but shook my head. The good man was dead. I didn’t care what I’d brought you. I needed to go. I packed up my sagas, my song lyrics, my alchemy potions, my gold, and I disappeared. ORO Después del asesina...
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