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He meant to find a doctor, after talking to Archie. He was just going to go home quickly, check on Lucille and the babies, make sure everything was all right.

And then the door just opened on the barn, when he tried to come back.

It hasn't opened on Milliways since.

Lucille's fever isn't breaking. She hasn't got out of bed in two days, now.

And without the bar, there's not a damn thing Richard Sharpe can do about it.