Blood From a Stone (167 page)

H
er
b
r
o
w
s
k
n
i
t
t
o
g
e
t
he
r
.
S
he
supposed
m
a
y
be
he
w
as
ri
g
h
t
.
I
f
i
t
w
e
r
e
he
r
,
she
’
d
p
r
obab
l
y ha
v
e
a
pan
i
c
a
tt
ack and head
f
or
t
he
E
R
at
S
t
.
L
u
k
e
’
s
!
!
B
ut
so
m
eho
w
,
he
’
d
r
e
m
a
i
ned
ca
l
m
t
h
r
ou
g
hout
a
l
l
of
it
,
and
w
as
cop
i
ng
w
it
h
i
t
w
h
il
e
he
fi
g
u
r
ed out
w
hat
t
o do.

“We
ll
.
I
g
uess
t
ha
t’
s
p
l
aus
i
b
l
e,”
she
sa
i
d
so
ftl
y
, sea
r
ch
i
ng
h
i
s
b
l
ue
e
y
es
f
or
any
tr
ace
of
tr
eache
r
y
.
S
he
saw none
t
he
r
e,
on
l
y h
i
s
w
a
r
m
g
a
z
e
s
t
a
ri
ng
back
at
he
r
,
e
n
v
e
l
op
i
ng her
li
k
e a
w
a
r
m
b
l
an
k
et
on a cool
n
i
g
h
t
.

H
e
hea
v
ed an
i
nner
s
i
g
h of
r
e
li
ef
w
hen he
r
ea
li
z
ed she
’
d
bou
g
ht
h
i
s
s
t
o
r
y
.
A
t
t
he
sa
m
e
ti
m
e
he
f
e
l
t
a
sense
of
g
u
il
t
t
hat
he
w
as
s
til
l
such a
g
ood
li
a
r
.

T
he
w
a
it
er
ca
m
e
by
w
it
h
t
he
i
r
check
wh
i
ch
S
a
m
son qu
i
c
k
l
y pa
i
d,
l
ea
v
i
ng a
g
ene
r
ous
ti
p
on
t
he
t
ab
l
e
be
f
o
r
e s
t
and
i
ng
and he
l
p
i
ng
her
on
w
it
h her
coa
t
.

“I 
g
uess,
m
a
y
be
w
e
’
d
be
tt
er
g
et
g
o
i
n
g
,
”
he
sa
i
d. “Wo
w
.
T
w
o n
i
g
h
t
s,
t
w
o da
t
es,
t
w
o s
tri
k
es?”

S
he
s
i
g
hed
and
s
m
il
ed
w
a
r
m
l
y
.
“
N
o.
N
ot
t
w
o s
tri
k
es.
I
…be
li
e
v
e
y
ou.”

H
e
hea
v
ed
an
i
n
w
a
r
d
s
i
g
h
of
r
e
li
e
f
.
H
e hadn
’
t
k
now
w
hat
t
he
he
l
l
he
w
as
g
o
i
ng
t
o
t
e
l
l
her
i
f
t
hat
hadn
’
t
w
o
r
k
ed because
he
w
asn
’
t
r
eady
f
or
any d
i
sc
l
osu
r
e
about
h
e
a
li
ng
H
a
r
o
l
d
j
ust
y
e
t
.
A
nd
he
cou
l
d
on
l
y  hope
t
hat
no
o
t
her
i
ns
t
ances
of
soul
sha
ri
ng
w
ou
l
d co
m
e any
ti
m
e soon.

N
ot
because
he
d
i
dn
’
t
w
ant
t
o
t
e
l
l
her,
and
not so
l
e
l
y because
he
f
ea
r
ed
t
hat
her
pe
r
cep
ti
ons
m
i
g
ht
g
r
ow
str
on
g
er
w
e
r
e
she
t
o
ha
v
e
ano
t
her
ep
i
sode,
and
she
m
ay d
i
sco
v
er
a
l
l
of
t
he sh
i
t
bu
ri
ed
i
n h
i
s
c
l
ose
t
.

I
t
w
as
because
j
ust
as
A
d
ri
e
ll
e
and M
a
x
i
m
us
had sa
i
d; he
w
as
g
o
i
ng
t
o
ha
v
e
cho
i
ces
t
o
m
a
k
e.
A
nd he
w
as a
b
out
t
o
m
a
k
e
one
ri
g
ht
now 
t
hat
she
w
ou
l
dn
’
t
li
k
e
w
e
r
e
she
t
o pe
r
ce
i
v
e
it
.
I
n
f
ac
t
,
i
t
w
as
one
f
or
w
h
i
ch he
m
i
g
ht
l
ose her co
m
p
l
e
t
e
l
y
.