Blood From a Stone (20 page)

H
e 
w
a
l
k
ed
i
ns
i
de,
w
as
o
ff
e
r
ed
a
t
ab
l
e,
qu
i
c
k
l
y
sat do
w
n
and
o
r
de
r
ed
a
beer
and
a
sand
w
i
ch.
H
e
m
a
r
v
e
l
ed at
t
he p
ri
ces
of
t
he
it
e
m
s
li
s
t
ed
on
t
he
m
enu.
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f
or
a sand
w
i
ch and
a
bee
r
?
B
ack
i
n
1961
t
hat
w
ou
l
d
t
ake
qu
it
e
a
chunk
out
of a
nor
m
al
m
an
’
s
w
eek
l
y
w
ages,
he
t
hou
g
h
t
.
B
ut
t
hen a
g
a
i
n,
m
a
y
be
i
n
t
h
i
s
day and
a
g
e
peop
l
e
m
ade
m
uch
m
o
r
e
m
o
n
e
y
. Was
e
v
e
r
y
one
w
ea
lt
h
y
?
H
e
’
d
fi
nd
out
soon
enou
g
h  he
w
a
g
e
r
ed.

H
e
i
nha
l
ed
t
he
r
oast
beef and s
w
i
ss, and sa
v
o
r
ed
th
e
t
as
t
e
of
t
he
beer
as
i
f
i
t
w
e
r
e
s
w
eet
m
anna
fr
om
H
e
a
v
en.
N
e
v
er
as
g
ood
as
h
i
s
be
l
o
v
ed
E
n
g
li
sh
a
l
e,
but
i
t
w
o
u
l
d
do.
G
od,
but
i
t
had
been
so
l
ong s
i
nce
he
’
d
k
no
w
n
such
s
w
eet sensa
ti
ons as
t
as
t
e and
t
ouch.
A
nd be
f
o
r
e
t
he da
w
n
, he
w
ou
l
d
r
e
v
el
i
n and
r
e
m
e
m
ber
m
any
m
o
r
e!

H
e
as
k
ed
f
or
and
pa
i
d
h
i
s
b
ill
,
l
ea
v
i
ng a
g
ene
r
ous
ti
p
f
or
t
he
w
a
itr
ess,
t
hen
w
a
l
k
ed
out
and
l
oo
k
ed
a
r
ound
f
or
h
i
s next
s
t
op.
A
s
t
o
r
e?
N
ah.
A
bar
w
it
h
l
oose
w
o
m
en and so
m
e pool
t
ab
l
es
m
i
g
ht
be
g
ood.
O
r
a
n
i
g
h
t
c
l
ub
w
it
h
so
m
e
k
i
nd of
m
us
i
c.

H
e
s
t
opped
a
passe
r
by
w
a
l
k
i
ng on
t
he
w
e
ll
-
li
t s
tr
ee
t
….
i
n
f
act
t
he
r
e
w
e
r
e
m
any headed
i
n
t
he
sa
m
e
d
ir
ec
ti
on
t
o
w
a
r
ds
so
m
e
l
oca
ti
on
a
f
ew
b
l
oc
k
s
up
t
hat
he cou
l
dn
’
t
qu
it
e
m
a
k
e out
fr
om
w
he
r
e he s
t
ood.

“
H
e
y
!
Whe
r
e
’
s
a
g
ood
p
l
ace
t
o
g
o
on
a
n
i
g
ht
li
k
e
t
h
i
s?”
he
as
k
ed
a
y
oung
m
an
w
ho
l
oo
k
ed
li
k
e
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
out of
a
bad
a
li
en
m
o
v
i
e
fr
om
t
he
e
r
a
of
h
i
s
l
ast
Aw
a
k
en
i
n
g
.
H
i
s ha
i
r
w
as
sp
i
k
ed
and
had
t
w
o
or
t
h
r
ee
d
iff
e
r
ent
co
lor
s.
H
e
had
se
v
e
r
al
m
e
t
al
ri
n
g
s
co
m
i
ng
out
of
h
i
s
f
ace
t
oo.

W
hat
t
he he
l
l
I
S
t
ha
t
?
S
a
m
son
w
onde
r
ed
t
o h
i
m
se
l
f
tr
y
i
ng not
t
o
s
t
a
r
e
s
i
nce
t
he
r
e
w
e
r
e o
t
he
r
s
t
hat
lo
o
k
ed
li
k
e
t
hat
w
a
l
k
i
ng
by
and
i
t
m
ust
be co
mm
onp
l
ace
t
hese da
y
s.