Blood From a Stone (134 page)

H
e
d
i
dn
’
t
ha
v
e
an
y
t
h
i
ng sha
r
p
t
o
cut
h
i
m
se
l
f
w
it
h, except
m
a
y
be
h
i
s
k
e
y
s.
I
t
w
as
g
o
i
ng
t
o
hu
r
t
but
i
t
w
ou
l
d
ha
v
e
t
o
do.
H
e
g
r
abbed
one,
and
g
ou
g
ed at
h
i
s
w
ri
st
as ha
r
d as he cou
l
d
hop
i
ng
t
o
t
ear
t
he
s
k
i
n.
S
on
-
o
f
-
a
-
b
it
ch.
I
t
h
u
r
t
and d
i
dn
’
t qu
it
e
m
a
k
e
i
t
t
h
r
ou
g
h
on
t
he
fir
st
tr
y
.
S
o
he
s
t
ab
b
ed
do
w
n ha
r
d
a
g
a
i
n,
be
f
o
r
e
t
he
w
ound
cou
l
d
heal
it
se
l
f
o
v
e
r
, and
w
as
v
e
r
y happy
t
o see
a
n
i
ce
b
r
u
i
se
appear
and a
s
m
a
l
l
ri
p
i
n
t
he s
k
i
n.
H
e
squee
z
ed ha
r
d un
ti
l
a
s
m
a
l
l
d
r
op
l
et
or
t
w
o
of
c
ri
m
son appea
r
ed.

H
e
suc
k
ed
i
n
a
deep
b
r
ea
t
h.
“
H
e
r
e
g
oes no
t
h
i
ng bu
d
d
y
.”
H
e
he
l
d
h
i
s
w
ri
st
o
v
er
t
he
m
an
’
s
pa
r
ched
li
ps and
w
a
t
ched
as
a
s
i
n
g
l
e
d
r
op
f
e
l
l
i
n
t
o h
i
s
m
ou
t
h,
and
t
hen
t
w
o
m
o
r
e.

S
a
m
son
s
t
epped
back s
li
g
h
tl
y and
w
a
it
e
d
t
o
see
w
hat
w
ou
l
d
happen,
hop
i
ng  be
y
ond
hope
t
hat
i
t
w
ou
l
d  ac
t
ua
l
l
y
w
o
r
k
.
T
i
m
e s
t
ood s
til
l
f
or
a
f
ew
m
i
nu
t
es.

A
nd
t
hen
ca
m
e
t
he
i
n
t
ox
i
ca
ti
ng
bu
z
z
t
h
at
s
t
a
rt
ed
i
n
t
he
fi
n
g
e
rti
ps
and
be
g
an
w
o
r
k
i
ng
it
s
w
ay
up
h
i
s
a
r
m and
i
n
t
o h
i
s
nec
k
…s
l
o
w
l
y sp
r
ead
i
ng
t
h
r
ou
g
h
h
i
s en
tir
e bod
y
.
I
t
w
as
m
uch
s
tr
on
g
er
t
h
i
s
ti
m
e
t
han
i
t
had been
w
it
h
C
i
sco
or
t
he
ca
t
.
I
t
f
e
l
t
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
li
k
e
a
he
r
o
i
n
r
ush.
S
a
m
son s
t
a
gg
e
r
ed bac
k
w
a
r
ds
fr
om
t
he
i
m
pact
of
i
t
and
sat
do
w
n
ha
r
d
o
n
t
he pa
v
e
m
en
t
.

F
or
a second a
fl
ood of
p
i
c
t
u
r
es
m
a
t
e
ri
a
li
z
ed
i
n h
i
s
m
i
nd,
of
t
he
o
l
d
m
an
’
s
lif
e…how he
’
d
li
v
ed,
w
ho
he
’
d
been and
how
he
g
ot
he
r
e
on
t
he
s
tr
ee
t
s.
A
m
o
m
ent
l
a
t
er
t
he
o
l
d
g
uy be
g
an
t
o
b
r
ea
t
he
m
o
r
e
no
r
m
a
ll
y
, and h
i
s
f
ea
t
u
re
s
so
f
t
ened be
f
o
r
e
h
i
s
e
y
es
fl
u
tt
e
r
ed  open. 
H
e 
l
oo
k
ed  a
r
ound 
fo
r
a
m
o
m
ent
i
n
con
f
us
i
on
as
h
i
s
r
heu
m
y
v
i
s
i
on
be
g
an
t
o
cl
ea
r
.
H
e sat
up
v
e
r
y s
l
o
w
l
y and
s
t
a
r
ed
l
ong and ha
r
d at
S
a
m
s
on and
f
or an
i
ns
t
ant
t
he
i
r
sou
l
s
m
e
l
ded
i
n
t
o one.