The Nice and the Good Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 8 Summary

Chapter 8 Summary

Ducane tells the office messenger, Peter McGrath, that he believes McGrath to be the person who sold information to the press about Radeechy. McGrath tells him that he indeed did it. Ducane asks him what the story is about. He says that McGrath's job is not in his hands, however. McGrath tells him that he doesn't have a copy of the story and he talked about a lot of stuff, so he's not sure what will be in it.

McGrath says that he liked Radeechy and used to do things for him, like running errands for Radeechy's magic. Radeechy would sometimes want things like feathers or certain herbs and McGrath would get them for him. McGrath states that Radeechy and his wife got along well and that Radeechy was sad when she died. He did know that Radeechy's magic girls got his wife down sometimes, though. Ducane pushes him on...
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