Blood From a Stone (247 page)

“
N
o,
it’
s
o
k
a
y
,” he chuc
k
l
ed, popp
i
ng
a p
i
ece of
w
a
r
m b
r
ead
and
bu
tt
er
i
n
t
o
h
i
s
m
ou
t
h.
“
Y
ou
t
h
i
nk
I ha
v
e
n’
t
t
hou
g
ht about
w
hat
I
’
d
w
ant
t
o
do
i
f
I  d
i
dn
’
t
ha
v
e
t
h
i
s
littl
e co
mm
it
m
ent  of 
m
i
ne 
t
hat  I
m
ust
k
eep
f
or
fift
y
y
ea
r
s
at
a
ti
m
e?”

S
he
s
m
il
ed.
“
O
k
a
y
.
S
o
w
hat
do
y
ou…
w
ou
l
d
y
ou
w
ant out
of
lif
e?”

“We
l
l
fir
st
o
ff
,
I
’
d
s
t
a
r
t
an
an
ti
ques
bus
i
ness.
A
r
eal one.
I
k
now
enou
g
h
about
t
he
m
.
E
s
t
a
t
e
j
e
w
e
lr
y
….o
l
d
boo
k
s, co
i
ns
and
e
v
en
f
u
r
n
it
u
r
e.
Ma
y
be
I
’
d
open
a
s
m
a
l
l
m
u
seum
and
k
eep
co
ll
ec
ti
ons
f
or
peop
l
e
t
o
en
j
oy 
t
hese
littl
e
p
i
eces
of h
i
s
t
o
r
y
and educa
t
e
k
i
ds
about
w
hat
once
w
as.”

“
T
hat 
w
ou
l
d 
be 
a
m
a
z
i
n
g
,“ 
she 
s
m
il
ed.   “
B
ut 
a
m
useu
m
?
My
g
od.
I don
’
t
k
no
w
….
w
he
r
e
on
ea
rt
h
w
ou
l
d
y
ou e
v
er
g
et
t
he
m
oney
f
or
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
li
k
e
t
ha
t
?
I
g
uess
y
ou
c
ou
l
d app
l
y
f
or
so
m
e
g
o
v
e
r
n
m
ent
g
r
an
t
s.”

H
e
s
t
a
r
ed
at
her
as
a
r
ea
li
z
a
ti
on
h
i
t
h
i
m
i
n
t
hat
m
o
m
en
t
.
U
n
li
k
e
a
l
l
t
he
l
ad
i
es
of
cou
rt
,
and
t
he nob
l
e
’
s dau
g
h
t
e
r
s
w
ho
’
d
f
a
w
ned
o
v
er
h
i
m or
t
hat
h
i
s
pa
r
en
t
s
had
tri
ed
t
o
ti
e h
i
m
do
w
n
t
o, or
e
v
en
D
an
i
a….un
li
k
e e
v
e
r
y
one he
’
d e
v
er
k
no
w
n
i
n
h
i
s
f
o
r
m
er
lif
e
or
h
i
s
past
Aw
a
k
e
n
i
n
g
s, 
w
h
e
r
e
m
oney
b
r
ou
g
ht
out
w
o
m
en
li
k
e
do
g
s
i
n
hea
t
,
W
ill
ow Da
lt
on d
i
dn
’
t
k
now
t
hat
he
w
as
ri
ch be
y
ond her
i
m
a
g
i
na
ti
on.

Y
es,
she
k
new
he
’
d
been
t
he
son
of
a
w
ea
lt
hy
l
o
r
d at one
ti
m
e
i
n
h
i
s
pas
t
…a
past
t
hat
w
as
now
dead
and
g
one
t
o
h
i
m
.
B
ut
she
k
new
no
t
h
i
ng of
w
he
r
e
or
how
he
’
d
co
m
e
i
n
t
o
m
oney on
h
i
s
o
w
n,
or
t
hat
be
t
w
een h
i
s
cash, coun
tle
ss
t
ens
of
t
housands
of
do
ll
a
r
s
i
n
bonds,
h
i
s
co
ll
ec
ti
on
of p
ri
ce
l
ess o
l
d co
i
ns,
es
t
a
t
e
j
e
w
e
l
s
and
g
o
l
d, he
w
as
w
o
rt
h
m
illi
ons
i
n
t
oda
y
’
s
m
a
r
k
e
t
.
S
he
’
d e
v
en o
ff
e
r
ed
t
o pay
f
or
pa
r
t
of
t
he
t
ri
p.