Torc of Moonlight - Introducing Characters - Leonard 2

To augment the characters chatting each Saturday, midweek I'm going to add a section from the novel to show them in action. To follow on from Leonard's… Mr Harkin's… interview, here is a scene from halfway through the novel.
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     The sheeted clay head stood on the workbench Leonard called his own and to which he would allow no student access. He had set himself a deadline, and in truth the