Saki then arose and, as the bombs fell, stood swaying alongside the zombie who killed him.
The bar was empty when Saki arrived, but, amazingly, word of his presence reached his friend, who showed up some hours later. Saki said hello and fell asleep. He awoke to find his friend and himself dead on the floor, his friend's last words still echoing.
My loneliest end in Malton took place in the Bampfyld Arms in Molebank, where Saki had headed after years of hibernation, hoping to reunite with a long-lost comrade whom he'd heard was camped out there.