Death in the Opening Chapter

by Tim Heald

  A little later, Bognor read the bishop’s obituary in the Daily Telegraph. It quoted the Archbishop of Canterbury as saying ‘Ebenezer was that rare person – a genuinely good man.’

  Dorcas survived him.

  So did Simon and Monica.

  Simon went to Ebenezer’s funeral. He stood at the back and slipped away unnoticed.