Killingford

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Robert Reginald. Killingford

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For the members of the English Department at Gonzaga University between 1965-1969, to whom I’ll always be grateful for their very kind advice and consent, especially:

Fran J. Polek

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“Well, sir,” the physician said, “I very much doubt it. To me everything points to someone with a grudge, somebody who’s been holding a grievance inside for a very long time.

“Just look at what’s been happening,” he con­tinued. “One by one this individual has been attacking dif­ferent members of the government, none of them key per­sons in and of themselves, but each building upon the oth­ers. He wants us to feel fear. He feeds on that fear. He laps it up like a catamount slurping blood. It’s that feeling, that sick feeling, of somebody always watching us, that re­ally spooks me, and makes me think that catching this killer and putting an end to his madness will be a very difficult task indeed. On the surface he’ll look completely normal, just like anyone else. Underneath, of course, he’s mon­strous, but you’ll never know that. Until he makes a mis­take, of course. I just hope there are still some of us left then....”

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