retained a chippiness with anyone who counted as a war hero (he'd had a punch-up with Caitlin's brother, a commando). [William] Killick was drunk. Tempers flew, insults were traded and there seems to have been a fight.All might have calmed down, but 40 minutes later Killick marched up to the cottage where the Thomases were staying and sprayed the thin asbestos walls with machine-gun bullets, 'to put the wind up the buggers'. He then stormed into the house with a hand grenade, which he threatened to detonate. It was Dylan, unaccustomedly brave, who managed to persuade the anguished man to leave without doing any more damage.
from Telegraph: Life with Dylan and Caitlin Thomas
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