Blood From a Stone (122 page)

T
he
hou
r
s
passed
but
no
s
l
eep
ca
m
e.
H
e
w
as
v
a
g
ue
l
y a
w
a
r
e
of
a
f
ew
i
n
f
o
m
e
r
c
i
a
l
s
on
v
a
ri
ous
p
r
oduc
t
s,
a
h
i
s
t
o
ri
cal docu
m
en
t
a
r
y
about
lif
e
i
n
t
he
1970
’
s,
and
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng about
R
os
w
e
ll
,
N
ew Mex
i
co,
a
li
ens
and
A
r
ea
51.
B
ut
h
i
s
m
i
nd
w
as occup
i
ed
w
it
h
t
hou
g
h
t
s
of
W
ill
o
w
…and
w
he
r
e
t
h
i
n
g
s
we
r
e
g
o
i
ng
w
it
h he
r
.

What
t
he
w
as
he
g
o
i
ng
t
o
do
i
f
he
couldn
’
t
b
r
eak
t
h
i
s cu
r
se?
A
nd
t
hen
t
he
r
e
w
as
t
he
m
a
tt
er
of
h
i
s b
l
ood.
H
e s
til
l d
i
dn
’
t
unde
r
s
t
and
how
t
hat
w
o
r
k
ed,
but
he
had
a
v
e
r
y s
tr
ong
f
ee
li
ng
t
hat
i
t
m
i
g
ht
ha
v
e
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
t
o
do
w
it
h
fr
e
e
i
ng
h
i
m
of
i
t
co
m
p
l
e
t
e
l
y
or
m
a
y
be
g
i
v
i
ng
h
i
m
so
m
e
k
i
nd of
ha
l
l
pass.

H
e
cou
l
d
heal
o
t
he
r
s…so,
w
hy cou
l
dn
’
t
he
j
ust
heal h
i
m
se
l
f
of
t
he
cu
r
se?
Was
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
li
k
e
t
hat
possib
l
e?
H
e s
i
g
hed.
H
e
supposed
t
hat
cou
l
dn
’
t
be
it
, s
i
nce h
i
s
b
l
ood
w
as a
lr
eady
i
n
h
i
s
body and
had
done
no
t
h
i
ng except
t
u
r
n
t
o co
l
d
t
h
i
ck
g
l
ue
and
e
v
en
t
ua
ll
y conc
r
e
t
e
i
n h
i
s
v
e
i
ns
w
h
e
n h
i
s
ti
m
e
w
as
up.

T
he
c
l
ock
r
ead
4
:
23a
m
.
D
a
y
li
g
ht
w
ou
l
d
be
he
r
e
soon
and  he
w
ou
l
d  be
coun
ti
ng
t
he
hou
r
s
un
ti
l
he
saw
W
i
l
l
ow a
g
a
i
n.
H
e
ll
,
he
a
lr
eady
w
as!
H
e
w
an
t
ed her
so bad
l
y
, and
y
et so
m
e
f
oo
li
sh
sense
of
consc
i
ence
or
ch
i
v
a
lr
y or
w
h
at
e
v
er
y
ou
w
an
t
ed
t
o
ca
l
l
i
t
had s
t
opped h
i
m
. Ma
y
be
t
on
i
g
ht
he
w
ou
l
dn
’
t be
so
ch
i
v
a
lr
ous
a
ft
er
a
ll
.
H
e
s
m
il
ed
t
o
h
i
m
se
lf
,
but
i
t
f
aded qu
i
c
k
l
y
.

T
he
f
act
t
hat
he
w
ou
l
d
i
ndeed
hu
r
t
her
i
n
a
f
ew
w
ee
k
s
w
as
not
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng he
cou
l
d
i
g
no
r
e
or
den
y
,
an
y
m
o
r
e
t
han he cou
l
d
deny 
t
hat
she
w
as
f
a
lli
ng 
f
or
h
i
m
….or
t
hat
he
w
as
f
a
lli
ng
i
n
r
e
t
u
r
n.

H
e
fli
pped o
f
f
t
he
t
e
l
e
v
i
s
i
on and c
l
o
s
ed h
i
s
e
y
es,
j
ust
f
or
a
m
o
m
en
t
.
G
od,
i
t
f
e
l
t
g
ood
t
o
l
ay
i
n
t
he
da
r
k
n
ess.
H
e ne
v
er
t
hou
g
ht
he
’
d
t
h
i
nk such
a
t
h
i
n
g
,
cons
i
de
ri
ng he
spent
fi
f
t
y
y
ea
r
s
at
a
ti
m
e
‘l
y
i
ng
i
n
t
he
da
r
k
ness
’
…any
m
o
r
e
t
han
he
w
ou
l
d
ha
v
e
cons
i
de
r
ed
an
y
t
h
i
ng
about
h
i
s
cu
r
se
a
‘
g
ift’
,
as he
’
d ca
ll
ed h
i
s
ab
ilit
y
t
o hea
l
, ea
rli
e
r
.