‘I have no idea why we were led to go on that journey, but we had to go.’

With a nod to TS Eliot, Tony D’Souza offers a tale for the Christmas season

by Tony D’Souza 20th December 2019

It was the worst time of year for a journey. Any journey. But especially a journey like that. And such a long journey, through such hostile and inhospitable country. Everyone said it was madness to go, but we didn’t listen. We went anyway, I can’t really say why. We had to go. That’s all I can say. We had no choice.