The
clerk leaped to secure the door and Ruso carried on cleaning up a nastily torn
ear as the shouting faded away down the corridor. “How did you get this?” he asked.
“Over
at the wrestling,” explained its owner. “We’re
cheering our lad on and there was a bit of an exchange with some lads sitting
behind, and next thing I know I’m upside down with somebody’s boot kicking the
side of my head.”
“Ah,”
said Ruso. “Sport. Always brings out the best in a man.”
(from Medicus : A
Novel of the Roman Empire, by Ruth Downie)
8*/10. The full review is here.
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