Blood From a Stone (142 page)

H
e
t
u
r
ned
t
he
co
r
ner
and
pu
ll
ed
i
n
t
o
t
he
pa
r
k
i
ng
l
ot
of
t
he
l
a
r
g
e
li
b
r
a
r
y bu
il
d
i
n
g
.
H
e
w
onde
r
ed
w
hat
k
i
nd
o
f
new
f
an
g
l
ed
s
y
s
t
e
m
s
t
hey
w
ou
l
d
ha
v
e
t
hese
da
y
s
f
or
l
oo
k
i
ng up
i
n
f
o
r
m
a
ti
on
as
he
w
a
l
k
ed up
t
he
s
t
eps
i
n
t
o
t
he bu
il
d
i
n
g
.
H
e hoped
t
o
he
l
l
peop
l
e
s
til
l
r
ead boo
k
s.
T
hese co
m
pu
t
er
t
h
i
n
g
s
w
e
r
e
handy dandy
littl
e
g
ad
g
e
t
s,
but
i
t
w
as
s
til
l
q
u
it
e
a
b
i
g chan
g
e
fr
om
a
g
ood o
l
d
f
ash
i
oned boo
k
.

H
e hea
v
ed a s
i
g
h of
r
e
li
ef
w
hen he
l
oo
k
ed a
r
ound and saw
she
l
v
es
li
ned
w
it
h
boo
k
s
as
he
w
a
l
k
ed
up
t
o
t
he
fr
ont desk 
and 
as
k
ed 
w
he
r
e 
t
he 
sec
ti
on 
on 
t
echno
l
o
g
y   and co
m
pu
t
e
r
s
w
as,
fi
g
u
ri
ng
t
hat
m
i
g
ht
be
a
g
ood
p
l
ace
t
o
s
t
a
rt
.
T
he
r
e
w
e
r
e
peop
l
e
s
itti
ng at
des
k
s
w
it
h co
m
pu
t
e
r
s, but
t
he
r
oom
w
as
fill
ed
w
it
h
hu
g
e
she
l
v
es
li
ned
w
it
h
t
ho
u
s
a
nds
of boo
k
s…a
w
e
l
co
m
e
s
i
g
h
t
.
H
e
fi
g
u
r
ed
r
e
f
e
r
ence ca
r
ds
w
e
r
e p
r
obab
l
y a
t
h
i
ng of
t
he
past
g
i
v
en
t
hat
e
v
e
r
y
one
l
oo
k
ed at
t
he da
m
ned
sc
r
eens
f
or
e
v
e
r
y
p
i
ece
of
i
n
f
o
r
m
a
ti
on
t
hey
needed, so
he
fi
g
u
r
ed
he
’
d
j
ust
w
a
l
k
a
r
ound
t
he
she
l
v
es
l
oo
k
i
ng
f
or boo
k
s
t
hat
m
i
g
ht
be
i
n
t
e
r
es
ti
n
g
.
H
e
’
d
g
o
tt
en h
i
m
se
l
f
a b
i
t
of bas
i
c
co
m
pu
t
er
k
no
w
l
ed
g
e
so
t
hat
he
cou
l
d
f
unc
ti
on,
but
he had
no
i
dea
how
t
hey
w
o
r
k
ed
he
r
e
w
it
h
i
n
a
hu
g
e
s
y
s
t
em
li
k
e
t
h
i
s
one.

H
e
f
ound
a
coup
l
e
of
she
l
v
es
w
it
h
j
ust
w
hat
he
w
as
l
oo
k
i
ng
f
o
r
…and
one
titl
e
on
t
he
h
i
s
t
o
r
y of
co
m
pu
t
e
r
s
t
hat
l
oo
k
ed  at
l
east
so
m
e
w
hat
unde
r
s
t
andab
l
e,
pu
ll
ed
i
t  o
f
f
t
he she
l
f
and
w
ent
t
o
fi
nd a
t
ab
l
e.

H
e
spent
a
g
ood
hour
and
a
ha
l
f
r
ead
i
ng
t
h
r
ou
g
h
t
he book
w
h
i
ch
t
ook
h
i
m
t
h
r
ou
g
h
a
l
l
t
he
v
ast
expanse
of
how co
m
pu
t
er
t
echno
l
o
g
y had
g
ot
it
s
s
t
a
rt
,
it
s
g
r
o
w
t
h
t
h
r
ou
g
h
t
he decades
and
w
he
r
e
i
t
w
as
no
w
.
A
nd of
g
r
ea
t
er
i
m
po
r
t
ance,
w
he
r
e
i
t
w
as
head
i
ng
i
n
t
he
f
u
t
u
r
e.
T
he
on
l
y
w
ay
he
had
a hope
of
ha
v
i
ng a
g
ri
p on
w
hat
he
m
i
g
ht
w
a
k
e up
t
o
i
n
f
u
t
u
r
e
y
ea
r
s
w
as
t
o unde
r
s
t
and
w
he
r
e
t
h
i
n
g
s
w
e
r
e
head
i
n
g
.
H
e
’
d
l
ea
r
ned
a
coup
l
e
of
Aw
a
k
en
i
n
g
s
a
g
o,
t
hat
by do
i
ng
t
h
i
s
he cou
l
d
at
l
east
ha
v
e
a
hope
of
f
end
i
ng o
f
f
t
he
shock
of
w
hat
he
w
ou
l
d
fi
nd next
ti
m
e.