Read Blood From a Stone Online
Authors: Cynthia Lucas
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w
as
a
g
ood da
y
.
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i
cy b
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ee
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e
cut
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g
h
t
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w
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r
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t
h
of
t
he
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rl
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ng sun,
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us
ti
ng a
g
a
i
nst
t
he
east
s
i
de
of
t
he
ol
d chu
r
ch.
A
nd
i
n
t
hat
exact
m
o
m
en
t
,
S
a
m
son
f
e
l
t
h
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s
body
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r
fr
om
t
he bo
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o
m
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ess p
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of
it
s
d
r
ea
m
l
ess
h
i
be
r
na
ti
on.
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e
be
g
an
t
o
f
eel
t
he
co
l
d
s
ti
ng a
g
a
i
nst
t
he
s
i
des
o
f
h
i
s
f
ace,
and
a
lt
hou
g
h
he
w
as
en
v
e
l
oped
i
n
t
he da
r
k
ness
of
h
i
s nea
rl
y
s
i
g
h
tl
ess
e
y
es
and
cou
l
d
not
see
t
he
ri
s
i
ng
g
o
l
den
o
r
b be
f
o
r
e
h
i
m
,
he
w
e
l
co
m
ed
t
he
ch
illi
ng sensa
ti
on
t
he
w
i
nd o
f
f
e
r
ed….
t
he
fir
st
he
’
d
f
e
l
t
i
n decades.
Y
es,
t
he
da
w
n
of
t
hat
spec
i
al
day
w
as
fi
na
ll
y
he
r
e.
T
he
day
of
T
he
Aw
a
k
en
i
n
g
,
t
hat
on
l
y ca
m
e
once
e
v
e
r
y
fift
y
y
ea
r
s.
A
s
t
he
hou
r
s
p
r
o
g
r
essed,
t
he
co
l
dness
of
h
i
s
g
r
an
it
e body
w
ou
l
d
be
r
ep
l
aced
by
t
he
w
a
r
m
t
h
of
fl
esh and
bl
ood.
H
i
s
w
i
n
g
s
w
ou
l
d
r
e
tr
ac
t
, and h
i
s
g
na
rl
ed
f
ea
t
u
r
es
w
ou
l
d
f
ade a
w
ay
t
o
be
r
ep
l
aced
by
handso
m
e
f
ace
and
f
o
r
m as
T
he
C
han
g
e ca
m
e.
H
e
w
ou
l
d
t
u
r
n
once
a
g
a
i
n
fr
om s
t
one
sen
ti
nel
t
o
m
an….
fr
om
G
a
r
g
o
y
l
e
t
o hu
m
an
k
i
nd.
A
s
h
i
s
m
i
nd
r
ea
w
a
k
ened,
he
m
a
r
v
e
l
ed
anew at
t
hose o
l
d
f
a
m
ili
ar
sensa
ti
ons
of
how
t
hou
g
ht
m
a
g
i
ca
ll
y
m
at
e
ri
a
l
i
z
ed
i
n
h
i
s
b
r
a
i
n.
Y
es,
he
r
e
m
e
m
be
r
ed
w
hat
i
t
f
e
l
t
li
k
e
t
o be a
m
an.
N
ot
so
m
uch
a
m
o
rt
al
m
an,
f
or
t
hat
had
been
so
l
ong a
g
o….but
a
m
an
none
t
he
l
ess.
A
nd
one
w
ho
w
as
ab
l
e
t
o
k
now
a
l
l
t
he
hedon
i
s
ti
c
p
l
easu
r
es
t
hat
lif
e
had
t
o o
ff
e
r
.
E
v
e
r
y se
n
sa
ti
on
of
t
he
ph
y
s
i
cal
f
o
r
m
fr
om
l
au
g
h
t
er
t
o
t
e
ar
s,
fr
om a
g
o
ny
t
o
ecs
t
as
y
,
t
he
l
o
v
e
of
g
ood
w
i
ne
and
f
ood…a
n
d
t
he
t
ouch of
a beau
tif
ul
w
o
m
an.
A
h,
t
o
f
eel
i
t
a
l
l
a
g
a
i
n
!
T
he
C
han
g
e
w
ou
l
d co
m
e s
l
o
w
l
y as
i
t
had
so
m
any
ti
m
es
be
f
o
r
e
f
or
cen
t
u
ri
e
s
.
A
nd he
w
ou
l
d
r
e
v
el
i
n
t
he
f
ew p
r
ec
i
ous
da
y
s
of
fr
eedo
m
,
u
n
ti
l
t
he
w
r
e
t
ched
cu
r
se
w
ou
l
d
t
a
k
e
h
i
m a
g
a
i
n,
un
l
ess
t
h
i
s
t
i
m
e
w
as d
i
f
f
e
r
ent
and
he
f
ound
t
he
w
ay
t
o
beat
it
.
B
ut
i
t
was,
as
f
ar
as
ti
m
e
and
tri
al
had
so
f
ar
p
r
o
v
en,
unb
r
ea
k
ab
l
e.
I
t
w
as e
t
ched
i
n ha
r
d, co
l
d s
t
one….
j
ust
li
k
e h
i
s
ha
r
d, co
l
d, s
t
one bod
y
.