Advent Book Quiz - Day 5

Day five of our festive quiz

A different mood in today's extract.

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He was bare and dead face-down on the scullery lino with blood round. the Christmas lights were on then off. You could change the speed those ones flashed at. Over and over you saw Him stretched out then the pitch dark with His computer screen still on. 

I started the greeting on account of all the presents under our tree and Him dead. Useless little presents always made me sad. I start for me then move on to everybody when I greet about the sad things. Her from Corran Road with all sons drowned off the boats. She bubbled till she lost an eye. I greet in heaves and my nose is running. 

I dropped the Silk Cut and it burned to the filter on a varnished floorboard. I stopped the greeting cause I couldn't breathe and was perished cold. I slowed down the speed of the flashing Christmas tree lights. I put on the scullery light then the immersion heater then the bar fire but I didn't put a record on.