Dancing Tides (227 page)

W
h
a
t
wer
e
the
c
h
a
n
c
e
s
a
noth
e
r
Co
r
d liv
e
d in a
to
w
n this si
z
e
?
Ha
d
B
e
nn
e
tt
f
ound hims
e
lf
a
hon
e
y
?

A
ll he
n
ee
d
e
d to l
e
ar
n n
o
w
wa
s
w
h
e
r
e
he
c
ould
f
i
nd this
Ke
e
g
a
n.

Af
t
e
r
he
c
ho
we
d d
o
w
n
o
n the
f
ood, it didn
’
t t
a
ke
him long
to
c
o
a
x
p
e
ople
on the
st
ree
t into t
e
lling
him little
tid
b
its
a
bout
Ke
e
g
a
n
F
a
nni
n
g
.

H
ow
lu
c
k
y
c
ould he
g
e
t?
N
ot on
l
y
did he
l
e
ar
n s
h
e
ra
n a
m
ar
ine
r
e
s
c
u
e
ce
n
t
er
, but it s
a
t
r
i
g
ht
a
cr
oss the
st
r
e
e
t
fr
o
m his n
e
w
di
g
s.

A
s he
wa
lk
e
d
b
ac
k to his
“a
c
c
ommod
a
tions”
f
or
t
he
ni
g
ht, he
w
ond
e
r
e
d
w
h
y
a
n
y
o
n
e
in th
e
ir
r
i
g
ht mind
w
ould
w
a
nt to s
a
ve
a
bun
c
h
o
f
sm
e
l
l
y
a
nim
a
ls.

W
h
a
t
e
v
e
r
the
r
ea
son, he
b
e
g
a
n to
f
o
r
mul
a
te
a
pl
a
n
.

T
h
a
t ni
g
ht Rob
b
y
s
e
t up
house
in his
e
mp
t
y
sh
e
ll
of
a
building
a
cr
oss the
s
t
ree
t
fr
om
F
MRC.
Ha
ving
t
h
e
p
e
nt
h
ouse
suite
on the
thi
r
d
f
loor
wa
s a
side
b
e
n
ef
it
w
h
e
r
e
he
c
ould
k
ee
p
a
n
e
y
e
on the
m
a
n
h
e
wa
nt
e
d d
ea
d. B
e
c
a
use
a
t the
m
om
e
nt, Co
r
d
B
e
nn
e
tt
w
a
s
acr
oss the
st
r
eet
m
a
king
out
w
ith the
v
e
r
y
hot,
Ke
e
g
a
n
F
a
nni
n
g
.

Rob
b
y
d
u
g
out the
p
a
ir
o
f
bino
c
ul
ar
s h
e
’
d li
f
t
e
d
e
ar
li
e
r
usi
n
g
his
f
iv
e-f
i
n
g
e
r
dis
c
ount
a
t
F
e
r
g
uso
n
’
s
Har
d
wa
r
e
.
E
v
e
n in the
d
ar
kn
e
ss,
h
e
s
c
a
nn
e
d the
v
a
st
c
ompound
of
noi
s
y
, di
r
t
y
a
nim
a
ls.
H
e
wa
s
n
’
t su
r
e
w
hi
c
h
wa
s
w
o
r
s
e
, the
u
g
l
y
-a
ss, bi
g
,
b
r
o
w
n bi
r
ds or
the
sli
m
y
-
looking thin
g
s
w
ith
f
l
a
pp
er
s t
h
a
t slith
ere
d
a
lo
n
g
the
g
r
ou
n
d.

T
o him,
e
v
e
r
y
one
of
t
h
e
u
g
l
y
c
r
ea
tu
r
e
s d
e
s
e
r
v
e
d a
bull
e
t to the
b
ra
in.

B
ut the
w
om
a
n th
e
y
ca
ll
e
d
Ke
e
g
a
n
s
ee
m
e
d to dote
on th
e
m.
A
nd Co
r
d
wa
s
no b
e
tt
er
.
H
e
f
ollo
we
d h
e
r
ar
ound like
a
n und
er
li
n
g
a
s she
fe
d
t
he
little
b
a
st
ar
ds a
f
is
h
y
c
on
c
o
c
tion th
a
t
a
lmost m
a
de
him lose
the
supp
e
r
h
e’
d just
ea
t
e
n.