Blood From a Stone (141 page)

B
ack
i
n
h
i
s
ti
m
e…a
ti
m
e
t
hat
had see
m
e
d
li
k
e
f
o
r
e
v
er a
g
o,
t
h
i
n
g
s
w
e
r
e
so
v
e
r
y
d
iff
e
r
en
t
.
A
l
l
m
en
k
new h
o
w
t
o
bu
il
d
t
he
i
r
o
w
n
ho
m
e
fr
om
t
he
g
r
ound
up
and
t
o
fi
x
e
v
e
r
y
t
h
i
ng
i
n
it
.
H
e
k
new
how
t
o
hunt
f
or
f
ood,
bu
il
d
a
fir
e
fr
om sc
r
a
t
ch,
and ca
r
e
f
or
h
i
s
f
a
m
il
y
.
Wo
m
en
g
r
ew
up
k
no
w
i
ng how
t
o
coo
k
, se
w
,
w
ea
v
e
on
a
l
oom
and
sp
i
n
w
ool
i
n
t
o
y
a
r
n.
T
hey
k
new how
t
o
r
un a house
fr
om
bo
tt
om
t
o
t
op, and
i
f
t
hey
w
e
r
e
r
a
i
sed
i
n
a
w
ea
lt
hy or
nob
l
e
house, o
ft
en p
l
a
y
ed
i
ns
tr
u
m
e
nt
s, spo
k
e
m
o
r
e
t
han
one
l
an
g
ua
g
e
and
w
e
r
e
m
o
r
e
educa
t
ed
and cou
l
d pass
a
l
l
of
t
h
i
s
k
no
w
l
ed
g
e on
t
o
t
he
i
r
dau
g
h
t
e
r
s.

C
ri
m
i
na
l
s
w
e
r
e
tr
ea
t
ed
as
such,
i
ns
t
ead of
a
l
l
t
hat
he
’
d seen
and
hea
r
d
on
t
e
l
e
v
i
s
i
on
ne
w
s
s
t
a
ti
ons
and
r
ad
i
o
i
n
t
he past
coup
l
e of
Aw
a
k
en
i
n
g
s about
escaped con
v
i
c
t
s,
o
r
t
hose
w
ho
w
e
r
e
r
e
l
eased
on
pa
r
o
l
e,
on
l
y
t
o
g
o
out
and
co
m
m
i
t
m
o
r
e c
ri
m
es.
I
n
h
i
s
ti
m
e,
l
a
w
s
d
i
d
not
a
ff
o
r
d
ri
g
h
t
s
t
o
any
w
ho
had been
dee
m
ed
a
t
h
i
e
f
,
r
ap
i
s
t
,
or
m
u
r
de
r
e
r
.
I
t
w
as
n
o
t
a
l
w
a
y
s
f
a
ir
,
but
i
n
m
o
r
e
i
ns
t
ances
t
han no
t
, a pe
r
son
w
ho had co
mm
itt
ed
a
c
ri
m
e,
or
ha
r
m
ed
ano
t
her
w
as
ri
g
h
tf
u
l
l
y
pun
i
shed and
not
g
i
v
en
a
fr
ee
ri
de
i
n a
ce
l
l
so
m
e
w
he
r
e
f
or
un
li
m
it
ed a
m
oun
t
s
of
ti
m
e, as
see
m
ed
t
o be
t
he cus
t
om
no
w
ada
y
s.

T
hese
had
been
j
ust
a
s
m
a
l
l
s
m
a
tt
e
ri
ng of
t
he
cu
lt
u
r
e shoc
k
s
t
hat
he
’
d
had
t
o
adapt
t
o,
w
it
h each
Aw
a
k
en
i
n
g
, as
he s
tr
u
gg
l
ed
t
o
qu
i
c
k
l
y co
m
e
up
t
o
speed
i
n
o
r
der
t
o
b
e
ab
l
e
t
o ass
i
m
il
a
t
e
i
n
t
o
soc
i
e
t
y
enou
g
h
t
o
f
unc
ti
on
f
or
one
m
on
t
h
’
s
ti
m
e
e
v
e
r
y
fift
y
y
ea
r
s.
I
t
had
been
an
i
mm
ense
cha
l
l
en
g
e
and ne
r
v
e
w
r
ac
k
i
ng
on
t
op of
i
t
a
ll
.

T
a
l
k
s
of
po
liti
cs,
r
e
li
g
i
ous
v
i
e
w
s, st
y
l
es of
t
he da
y
,
m
us
i
c…
m
any
t
h
i
n
g
s
w
e
r
e
t
op
i
cs
he
had
t
o
tr
y
t
o
a
v
o
i
d.
S
ti
c
k
i
ng so
l
e
l
y
t
o
t
he
bas
i
c
t
h
i
n
g
s
about
peop
l
e a
n
d
t
he hu
m
an co
n
d
iti
on
t
hat
d
i
dn
’
t
chan
g
e
m
uch
w
it
h
ti
m
e
w
e
r
e
a
l
l
he
had
t
o
r
e
l
y
on.
S
o
m
e
t
hou
g
ht
h
i
m
bac
k
w
a
r
ds
on
t
he
occa
si
ons
w
he
r
e
he
’
d
s
li
pped
up,
but
he
’
d
a
l
so
d
i
sco
v
e
r
ed
t
h
a
t
he cou
l
d a
l
w
a
y
s
p
l
ay d
r
unk and
g
et
a
w
ay
w
it
h
qu
it
e
a
b
i
t
i
n
a
p
i
nch. Wh
i
ch
of
cou
r
se
w
asn
’
t
d
iffi
cu
l
t
s
i
nce
he
’
d
spent
a
g
ood
b
i
t of
h
i
s
ti
m
e
i
n 
t
a
v
e
r
ns,  ba
r
s
and
o
t
her
such
es
t
a
b
l
i
sh
m
en
t
s
g
ea
r
ed
t
o
w
a
r
d
p
l
easu
r
e.
H
e
s
m
il
ed
t
o
h
i
m
se
l
f
r
e
m
e
m
b
e
ri
ng a
f
ew
of
t
hose
occas
i
ons.
S
o
m
eho
w
,
he
’
d
m
ana
g
ed
t
o
g
e
t by
t
h
r
ou
g
h
i
t
a
l
l
r
e
l
y
i
ng so
l
e
l
y on
h
i
s
w
it
s, and h
i
s
i
ns
ti
nc
t
s, and
w
e
ll
…he
r
e he
w
as.