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Summary
Matt slips out after the third round of drinks, seizing the unexpected reprieve while Karen and Foggy are waylaid by a Nelson uncle on their way to snag the last bottle of wine. As his palm rests against the swinging door to the Nelsons’ shop, about to push it open, he feels a momentary twinge of guilt, then shrugs it off – he’s smiled and drank and wobbled through keeping up at least a pretense of more balanced mental health. In other words, he’s exhausted, and longs for the relative quiet of damp stone walls beneath the church sacristy.