Blood From a Stone (240 page)

A
s
t
hey
w
a
l
k
ed
a
l
ong
t
h
r
ou
g
h
t
he
co
rri
do
r
s,
W
ill
ow cou
l
dn
’
t
k
eep
he
r
se
l
f
fr
om
t
ouch
i
ng
t
he
w
a
ll
s…
r
unn
i
ng her
fi
n
g
e
r
s
a
l
ong
t
he s
t
ones, as
she
li
s
t
ened
t
o
t
he
i
r
t
our
g
u
i
de
’
s
r
a
m
b
li
ng
t
a
l
e of
t
he cas
tl
e
’
s
h
i
s
t
o
r
y
.

“
A
nd
no
w
,”
sa
i
d
t
he
g
u
i
de,
w
e
sha
l
l
head
t
o
t
he sou
t
he
r
n
end
of
t
he
cas
tl
e
w
he
r
e
y
ou
m
ay dec
i
de
w
h
et
her
t
o s
t
op
or
b
r
a
v
e
t
a
k
i
ng
t
he
t
o
r
ch
t
o
hand
and
head
i
ng do
w
n
i
n
t
o
t
he da
r
k
est
dep
t
hs
of
t
he na
t
u
r
al
ca
v
e
t
hat
s
it
s be
l
o
w
.”

W
ill
ow
t
u
r
ned 
t
o 
S
a
m
son.  “
S
hou
l
d 
w
e 
g
o  do
w
n
t
he
r
e?”
H
e
d
i
dn
’
t
r
ep
l
y
i
mm
ed
i
a
t
e
l
y
…h
i
s
m
i
nd
see
m
ed
l
ost
i
n so
m
e
f
ar
a
w
ay
p
l
ace….or
ti
m
e
S
he
hoo
k
ed
her
a
r
m
t
h
r
ou
g
h h
i
s. “
Sa
m
son.
S
hou
l
d
w
e
g
o be
l
o
w
?”

H
e  shook
o
f
f
h
i
s
s
t
upor
qu
i
c
k
l
y
.
“
Y
eah.
Why
no
t
.
S
i
nce
w
e
’r
e
he
r
e,
w
e
m
ay
as
w
e
l
l
see
i
t
a
ll
.
I don
‘
t
w
ant
us
t
o
g
o
back
w
it
hout
ha
v
i
ng
done
e
v
e
r
y
t
h
i
ng
w
e
w
an
t
ed
t
o
and see
i
ng
e
v
e
r
y
t
h
i
ng
w
e can.”

S
he
s
m
il
ed
as
t
hey
s
t
epped
i
n
li
ne
w
i
th
t
w
o
o
t
h
e
r
s
w
ho
a
l
so
w
i
shed
t
o
b
r
a
v
e
g
o
i
ng do
w
n
i
n
t
o
t
he da
r
k
,
da
m
p ca
v
e
r
n.

T
he
y
descended
t
he
s
t
eep
s
t
eps
l
ead
i
ng
do
w
n
w
a
r
d
t
o
a
v
au
lt
ed
en
tr
y
w
ay
on
t
he
sou
t
heas
t
e
r
n
s
i
de
of
t
he
c
a
s
tl
e
t
hat
w
ou
l
d
t
a
k
e
t
hem
i
n
t
o
t
he ca
v
e be
l
o
w
.

A
s
t
hey en
t
e
r
ed
t
he
w
i
nds
w
e
r
e
b
l
oc
k
ed
and
t
he
a
ir
,
t
hou
g
h
s
til
l
v
e
r
y co
l
d
w
as
a
l
so
v
e
r
y s
til
l
except
f
or
t
he b
i
l
l
o
w
i
ng
c
l
ouds
of
s
t
eam
t
hat
ca
m
e
w
it
h
each
b
r
ea
t
h
t
hey
t
oo
k
.

T
hey
w
a
l
k
ed
a
l
on
g
,
exa
m
i
n
i
ng
t
he
w
a
ll
s
and
li
s
t
e
n
i
ng
t
o
t
he
g
u
i
de
’
s
i
n
tr
oduc
ti
on
and
a
b
ri
ef
h
i
s
t
o
r
y of
t
he
a
l
l
t
he d
iff
e
r
ent
l
e
g
ends
of
t
he
ca
v
e
and na
t
u
r
al
f
oun
t
a
i
n
t
hat
bubb
l
ed
f
o
rt
h
fr
om
it
s
fl
oo
r
.