Blood From a Stone (239 page)

P
e
r
haps
d
i
nner
and
a
w
a
l
k benea
t
h
t
he
s
tr
eet
li
g
h
t
s
i
n
t
he
cool
n
i
g
ht
a
i
r
w
ou
l
d
o
ff
er
t
he
r
o
m
an
ti
c
se
tti
ng
he
hoped
f
o
r
.
H
e
headed
back
t
o
t
he
ho
t
el
t
o
see
i
f
W
ill
ow
was
r
eady
f
or
t
he
i
r
t
our
of
C
a
rr
eg
C
ennen.

When
he
a
rri
v
ed,
he
f
ound
her
d
r
essed
and
r
eady
t
o
g
o.
H
er
s
m
il
e
li
t
up as he handed her
t
he
r
oses and
o
ff
e
r
ed h
i
s a
r
m
t
o esco
r
t
her
ou
t
.

“Wa
i
t
a
m
i
nu
t
e.
L
et
m
e
put
t
hem
i
n
t
he
s
i
nk
w
it
h so
m
e
w
a
t
er
so
t
hey 
l
ast
ti
l
w
e
g
et
bac
k
.”
S
he
qu
i
c
k
l
y depos
it
ed
t
he
m
, and
t
hey
headed out
t
o ha
i
l
a cab.

A
n
hour
and
a
ha
l
f
l
a
t
e
r
,
hea
v
i
ng qu
it
e
hea
v
il
y a
ft
er c
li
m
b
i
ng
t
he
subs
t
an
ti
al
h
il
l
t
o
g
a
i
n
access
t
o
t
he
ou
t
er
w
a
r
d of
t
he
cas
tl
e,
W
ill
o
w
’
s
b
r
ea
t
h
cau
g
ht
i
n
her
t
h
r
oat
as
she
t
ook
i
n
t
he
i
nc
r
ed
i
b
l
e
v
i
ew of
t
he
sno
w
-
co
v
e
r
ed
h
ill
s
b
e
l
ow and
t
he
m
oun
t
a
i
ns
o
f
f
i
n
t
he d
i
s
t
ance.

T
hey
w
a
l
k
ed
t
he
ha
ll
s
and passa
g
e
w
a
y
s and exp
l
o
r
ed
t
he
east
w
i
ng
li
v
i
ng qua
rt
e
r
s,
w
hat
w
as
once
a
k
it
c
hen
w
it
h
it
s
t
w
o
l
a
r
g
e ba
k
i
ng
o
v
ens
and
w
a
t
er
c
i
s
t
e
r
ns.

“I
can
’
t
e
v
en
f
a
t
hom
w
hat
i
t
m
ust
ha
v
e
been
l
i
k
e.

C
oo
k
i
ng
i
n
t
hese
open
s
t
one
o
v
ens…..no
r
unn
i
ng
w
a
ter
.
A
nd how
i
t
m
us
t’
v
e
been
li
v
i
ng out
he
r
e
i
n
t
he
w
i
n
t
er
w
it
h no heat or
e
l
ec
tri
c
it
y
?
I
t’
s
j
ust
so
ha
r
d
t
o
i
m
a
g
i
ne
t
hat
a
s no
r
m
al e
v
e
r
y day
lif
e.”

S
a
m
son
nodded
as
he
s
tr
u
gg
l
ed
t
o con
t
a
i
n h
i
s
e
m
o
ti
on at
see
i
ng
t
he
r
u
i
ns
once
a
g
a
i
n,
r
e
m
i
nd
i
ng
h
i
m
of
t
he
f
a
m
il
y and
t
he hu
m
an
it
y
he
‘
d
l
e
f
t
beh
i
nd so
l
ong
a
g
o.

H
e
r
eca
ll
ed
t
he
su
mm
e
r
s
of
h
i
s
bo
y
hoo
d
,
t
hat
he
’
d spent
r
unn
i
ng
w
il
d
and
fr
ee
i
n
t
he
g
r
assy
fi
e
l
ds
c
l
ose
by
w
it
h h
i
s
b
r
o
t
her
by
h
i
s
s
i
de
as
t
hey
r
o
ll
ed
and
w
r
es
tl
ed
i
n
t
he
d
irt
.
H
e
cou
l
d
a
l
m
ost
hear
h
i
s
m
o
t
he
r’
s
v
o
i
ce
ca
lli
ng
t
h
e
m
fr
om
o
f
f
i
n
t
he
d
i
s
t
ance.
What
he
w
ou
l
dn
’
t
g
i
v
e
t
o
be
ab
l
e
t
o
hear her
v
o
i
ce once
m
o
r
e.