Blood From a Stone (220 page)

“
Y
eah
she
k
no
w
s
about
it
,
but
her
be
i
n
g
t
he one
w
ho d
i
d
t
h
i
s
t
o
m
e?
N
ot
e
v
en
c
l
ose,”
he
sa
i
d
so
ftl
y
.
“
T
ha
t’
s
t
he pa
r
t
w
e
ha
v
e
t
o
t
a
l
k
abou
t
.”
H
e
t
ook
her
a
r
m
s
fr
om a
r
ound
h
i
s neck
and
l
a
i
d
h
i
s
head
a
g
a
i
nst
t
he
back of
t
he
cou
c
h. “W
i
l
l
o
w
…I p
r
obab
l
y
j
ust
shou
l
d
ha
v
e
w
a
l
k
ed
a
w
ay
and
not sa
i
d
an
y
t
h
i
n
g
.
I
don
’
t
e
v
en
k
now
w
hy
I
’
m
he
r
e,
o
t
h
e
r
t
han
I
f
e
l
t
li
k
e
y
ou dese
r
v
ed
t
he
tr
u
t
h.”

“I
can hand
l
e
it
, no
m
a
tt
er
w
hat
i
t
i
s
,” she sa
i
d.

H
e
l
au
g
hed
w
it
h
ir
on
y
.
“
O
h,
I don
’
t
k
n
ow
about
t
ha
t
. We
w
e
r
e
w
o
rri
ed
so
m
eone
fr
om
t
he
g
o
v
e
r
n
m
ent
m
i
g
ht
want
t
o
haul
m
e
a
w
ay
i
f
t
hey
f
ound
out
about
m
y b
l
ood.
But
a
ft
er
I
t
e
l
l
y
ou
w
hat
I
’
m
about
t
o sa
y
,
y
ou
j
ust
m
i
g
ht
w
ant
t
o ha
v
e
m
e ca
rt
ed
out
of
he
r
e
and
l
oc
k
ed
up
f
or
be
i
ng
c
r
a
z
y
.
And
y
ou
m
ay
e
v
en be a
fr
a
i
d of
m
e…he
ll
, I
don
’
t
k
no
w
.”

H
e
d
r
a
gg
ed
i
n
a
deep
b
r
ea
t
h,
sat
up
ri
g
ht
and
l
oo
k
ed her
s
tr
a
i
g
ht
i
n
t
he e
y
e.
“W
ill
o
w
,
m
y
na
m
e
i
s
S
a
m
s
o
n… son of
L
o
r
d
C
ha
rl
es
B
r
a
m
l
ey
B
e
ll
m
a
i
ne.
I
w
as
bo
r
n
i
n
t
he
y
ear
1483
i
n
t
he
sou
t
he
r
n
r
e
g
i
on
of
Wa
l
es,
not
f
ar
fr
om
t
he
C
a
m
b
ri
an Moun
t
a
i
ns.”
H
e paused
f
or
a
m
o
m
ent
t
o
w
e
i
g
h her
r
eac
ti
on.

S
he
sat
i
n s
t
one
co
l
d s
il
ence, her
e
y
e
s
w
i
de…
w
it
h d
i
sbe
li
e
f
?
F
ea
r
?
Mo
r
e
li
k
e
l
y ce
rt
a
i
n
t
y
t
hat
he
w
as
out
of
h
i
s
m
i
nd.
H
e cou
l
dn
’
t
t
e
ll
.
B
ut
he
k
new
he had
t
o con
ti
nue.

“I
w
as
a
m
an
of
g
r
eat
w
ea
lt
h
…
m
y
f
a
t
her
w
as
a
l
and
ba
r
on
and
I
li
v
ed
a
lif
e
of
p
l
en
t
y
.
T
he
r
e
w
as
litt
l
e
t
hat
I
w
an
t
ed
f
o
r
,
e
v
en
i
n
t
hose
b
r
u
t
al
ti
m
es.
B
ut
i
ns
t
ead of be
i
ng
g
r
a
t
e
f
ul 
f
or 
t
he 
m
any
b
l
ess
i
n
g
s  I
had
been
bo
r
n
i
n
t
o,
and
w
ou
l
d
i
nhe
ri
t
fr
om h
i
s
g
ood
sense,
and
g
ood
f
o
rt
un
e
,
i
ns
t
ead
I
t
ook ano
t
her
pa
t
h.
O
ne
of
a
rr
o
g
ance….se
l
f
i
ndu
l
g
en
c
e, hedo
n
i
s
m
…se
lfi
shness.”