Blood From a Stone (171 page)

H
e
w
a
l
k
ed
t
h
r
ou
g
h
t
he
doub
l
e
doo
r
s
i
nto
t
he p
r
e
-
op a
r
ea
and
no
t
ed
a
s
m
a
l
l
r
oom
t
o
one
s
i
de
w
it
h
a
desk
and
t
hen ano
t
her
set  of
doo
r
s
t
hat
l
ed
t
o
t
he
ope
r
a
ti
ng
r
oo
m
s.
A
nd
v
o
il
a…
t
he
r
e
w
as
a
w
h
it
e
coat
han
g
i
ng
on
t
he
back
of
a
cha
i
r at
t
he
des
k
.
H
e
s
li
d
i
n
t
o
t
he
r
oo
m
,
and
qu
i
c
k
l
y
g
r
a
bbed
i
t
fr
om
t
he
cha
ir
,
hop
i
ng
t
hat
i
t
w
as
l
a
r
g
e
enou
g
h
t
o
fi
t
a
c
r
oss
h
i
s b
r
oad
shou
l
de
r
s.
I
t
w
as
s
li
g
h
tl
y snu
g
,
but
i
t
w
ou
l
d
ha
v
e
t
o do.
H
e
g
r
abbed
t
h
r
ee
pens
fr
om
t
he
desk and sho
v
ed
t
hem
i
n
t
o
t
he
fr
ont
poc
k
e
t
.
R
e
m
a
r
k
ab
l
y
t
he
r
e
w
as
a
l
so a set
of
k
e
y
s, a s
t
e
t
h
oscope
and
a
sho
r
t
s
t
ack of
cha
rt
s
s
itti
ng on
t
he
des
k
.
H
e
l
oo
k
ed
a
r
ound
t
o
m
a
k
e
su
r
e
no
one
w
as
co
m
i
ng and
g
r
abbed
t
hem
fr
om
t
he
desk
be
f
o
r
e
s
li
pp
i
ng
out
t
h
r
ou
g
h
t
he
doub
l
e doo
r
s
i
n
t
o
t
he ha
ll
w
ay
t
o
w
a
r
d
t
he e
l
e
v
a
t
o
r
s.

O
ut
of
t
he
co
r
ner
of
h
i
s
e
y
e
he
saw
a
y
oung
m
an e
m
e
r
g
e
fr
om
t
he
ba
t
h
r
oo
m
,
and
head
t
o
t
he
littl
e
ro
om on
l
y
t
o qu
i
c
k
l
y
w
a
l
k
back
out
w
it
h
a
pu
zz
l
ed
l
ook on
h
i
s
fa
ce,
w
onde
ri
ng
w
he
r
e
h
i
s
j
ac
k
et
and
s
t
e
t
hoscope
had
d
i
s
a
ppea
r
ed
t
o,
not
t
o
m
en
ti
on
a
coup
l
e
of
cha
rt
s
fr
om
t
he
bo
t
t
om of
t
he s
t
ac
k
.

H
e
f
e
l
t
a
b
i
t
g
u
ilt
y
f
or
l
ea
v
i
ng
t
he
y
oung
m
an
i
n
such a
s
t
a
t
e
of
con
f
us
i
on,
but
t
o
h
i
s
c
r
ed
it
,
he
’
d
m
ade
a
b
so
l
u
t
e
l
y su
r
e
t
he
t
w
o
cha
rt
s
he
g
r
abbed
d
i
d
not
ha
v
e
any of
t
he
t
h
r
ee na
m
es
t
hat
w
e
r
e
a
lr
eady 
li
s
t
ed
on
t
he
su
r
g
e
ri
es
or
p
r
e
-
op sc
r
een
i
n
t
he
w
a
iti
ng
r
oo
m
.
C
ou
l
dn
’
t
ri
sk so
m
e
poor bas
t
a
r
d…or
l
ad
y
’
s
lif
e
by
t
he
m
ed
i
cal
s
t
a
f
f
m
i
sp
l
a
c
i
n
g
…or
r
a
t
her
ha
v
i
ng
h
i
m
s
t
eal
t
he
m
.

S
a
m
son
qu
i
c
k
l
y
s
t
epped
i
n
t
o
t
he
e
l
e
v
ato
r
,
a
rr
an
g
i
ng
t
he
s
t
e
t
hoscope
a
r
ound
h
i
s
neck and
ho
l
d
i
ng
t
he
ch
art
s
h
i
g
h enou
g
h
t
o
co
v
er
t
he
p
i
c
t
u
r
e
on
t
he
I
D
t
ag
t
hat
w
as
p
i
nned
t
o h
i
s
w
h
it
e
j
ac
k
e
t
,
as
he
pushed
t
he
‘5’
bu
tt
on
t
hat
w
ou
l
d
t
a
k
e h
i
m
t
o
t
he
fift
h
fl
oo
r
.