He knew that, whatever happened, he had to keep caring for them as truthfully and as loyally as he could. They held him together and they were one fellowship. He would never abandon them and he was nothing without them.
In the evening of our life, he remembered, we shall be judged by our loving.
A NOTE ON THE AUTHOR
James Runcie is an award-winning film-maker and the author of eight novels. Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death, the first in ‘The Grantchester Mysteries’ series, was published in 2012, soon followed by Sidney Chambers and The Perils of the Night, Sidney Chambers and The Problem of Evil and Sidney Chambers and The Forgiveness of Sins. In October 2014, ITV launched Grantchester, a prime-time, six-part series starring James Norton as Sidney Chambers. James Runcie lives in Edinburgh.
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