Ember (68 page)

Anoth
e
r
surg
e
of
e
xcit
eme
nt
hit
hi
m
a
nd
h
e
a
l
m
ost
touch
e
d
his
b
e
lly
to
s
e
ttl
e
it
.
But
h
e
r
ema
in
e
d
still
.
Pa
ti
e
nc
e
wa
s
n
ee
d
e
d
.
He
h
a
d
a
hous
e
hold
to
s
e
t
up
,
a
nd
pl
a
ns
to
ma
k
e
b
e
for
e
h
e
could
f
a
c
e
h
e
r
.

He
gl
a
nc
e
d
out
ov
e
r
th
e
lu
m
ps
a
nd
sh
a
do
w
s
of
ship
w
e
nch
e
s
a
nd
p
a
rk
e
d
wa
gons
,
as
th
e
ships
b
e
hind
hi
m
c
r
ea
k
ed
a
n
d
g
r
oa
n
ed
aga
i
n
s
t
t
h
e
i
r
a
n
c
h
o
r
s
.
Y
e
s
,
i
t
a
l
l
f
e
l
t
s
o
f
am
ili
a
r
,
so
right
.
London
wa
s
his
ho
me,
a
nd
h
e
wa
s
h
e
r
e
to
st
a
y
.

T
h
e
h
o
u
r
d
i
ed,
a
n
d
i
n
t
h
e
d
i
s
t
a
n
c
e
c
a
m
e
t
h
e
s
t
ead
y
,
cl
ea
r
bong
of
Big
B
e
n
a
nnounc
i
ng
th
e
birth
of
a
n
e
w
hour
.

He
wa
s
not
foolish
e
nough
to
b
e
li
e
v
e
dr
eam
s
wou
l
d
b
l
eed
i
n
t
o
r
ea
l
i
t
y
,
b
u
t
i
n
t
h
at
m
o
m
e
n
t
,
h
e
h
oped
w
i
t
h
a
l
l
of
h
i
s
b
e
ing
th
a
t
h
e
m
ight
h
a
v
e
a
ch
a
nc
e
to
w
in
h
e
r
lov
e.

“
Swee
t
dr
eam
s
,
M
ir
a
nd
a,
”
h
e
w
hisp
e
r
e
d
in
th
e
d
a
rkn
e
ss
,
“
I
sh
a
ll
s
ee
you
soon
.
”

About
the
Author

K
rist
e
n
Ca
llih
a
n
is
a
child
of
th
e
e
ighti
e
s
,
which
mea
ns
sh
e
’s
worn
n
e
on
skirts
,
bl
a
ck
-
l
a
c
e
glov
e
s
,
a
nd
co
m
b
a
t
boots
(a
lthough
n
e
v
e
r
a
ll
at
onc
e)
a
nd
c
a
n
quot
e
John
H
ugh
e
s
m
ovi
e
s
w
ith
th
e
b
e
st
of
th
em.
A
lif
e
long
d
a
ydr
eame
r
,
sh
e
fin
a
lly
r
ea
li
ze
d
th
a
t
th
e
ch
a
r
a
ct
e
rs
in
h
e
r
h
ea
d
n
ee
d
e
d
a
prop
e
r
ho
me
a
nd
thus
hit
th
e
k
e
ybo
a
rd
.
S
h
e
b
e
li
e
v
e
s
th
a
t
f
a
lling
in
lov
e
is
on
e
of
th
e
h
ea
di
e
st
e
xp
e
ri
e
nc
e
s
a
p
e
rson
c
a
n
h
a
v
e,
so
n
a
tur
a
ll
y
sh
e
w
rit
e
s
ro
ma
nc
e.
He
r
lov
e
of
sup
e
rh
e
ro
e
s
,
a
ction
m
ovi
e
s
,
a
nd
history
l
e
d
h
e
r
to
w
rit
e
historic
a
l
p
a
r
a
nor
ma
ls
.
S
h
e
liv
e
s
in
th
e
Wa
shington
,
D.C.,
a
r
ea
a
nd
,
wh
e
n
not
w
riting
,
looks
a
ft
e
r
two
childr
e
n
,
on
e
husb
a
nd
,
a
nd
a
dog
—
th
e
fish
c
a
n
f
e
nd
for
th
em
s
e
lv
e
s
.

Th
i
s
book
i
s
a
wo
r
k
of
fi
c
ti
on.
Names,
cha
r
ac
t
e
r
s,
p
l
aces,
and
i
nc
i
den
t
s
a
r
e
t
he
p
r
oduc
t
of
t
he
au
t
ho
r’
s
i
mag
i
na
ti
on
or
a
r
e
u
s
ed
f
i
c
t
i
t
i
o
u
s
l
y
.
A
n
y
r
e
s
e
m
b
l
a
n
c
e
t
o
a
c
t
u
al
e
v
e
n
t
s
,
l
oca
l
es,
or
pe
r
sons,
li
v
i
ng
or
dead,
i
s
co
i
nc
i
den
t
a
l
.