Dancing Tides (163 page)

H
e
c
r
a
mm
e
d in
a
noth
e
r
b
ite
of
h
a
sh b
r
o
w
ns
a
nd
d
ec
id
e
d it
wa
s a
d
a
mn
e
d
s
h
a
me
h
e’
d
h
a
d to
g
e
t
r
id of
h
ef
t
y
T
e
rr
i.
H
e
h
a
dn
’
t
c
o
u
nt
e
d on the
bit
c
h h
a
ving
su
c
h
a
skill
f
ul mouth.
W
ho
w
ould
’
ve
g
u
e
ss
e
d
t
he
mou
s
y
w
o
m
a
n h
a
d b
e
e
n
ca
p
a
ble
of
g
ivi
n
g
him the
b
e
st h
ea
d h
e
’
d
e
v
e
r
h
a
d?
C
er
t
a
in
l
y
he
h
a
dn
’
t.
T
h
a
t h
a
d b
e
e
n a
ni
c
e
su
r
p
r
is
e
, a
v
e
r
y
s
w
ee
t
s
u
r
p
r
is
e
.
B
ut th
e
n
h
e’
d b
ee
n lo
c
k
e
d up
f
or
a
y
e
a
r
a
nd h
a
l
f
.
T
h
a
t
h
a
d to
c
o
unt
f
or
his ov
er
r
e
a
c
tion to
Terr
i
’
s s
e
r
vi
ce
s.
I
f h
e’
d kno
w
n the
w
o
m
a
n
c
ould
w
o
r
k th
a
t lus
c
ious mouth of
h
er
s, he
w
ould
’
ve
m
a
de
a
mo
v
e
in h
e
r di
rec
tion t
w
o months
ea
r
li
e
r
r
i
g
ht
af
t
e
r
s
h
e’
d st
ar
t
e
d to
w
o
r
k
a
t C
a
mp S
a
n
d
hu
r
st.

A
s it
wa
s, he
h
a
d
r
us
h
e
d
his t
ec
hniqu
e
.
H
is
c
h
ar
m
h
a
d b
ee
n
a
little
r
us
t
y
.
I
t
h
a
d t
a
k
e
n lon
g
e
r
t
h
a
n he
tho
u
g
ht to
w
ine
a
nd dine
T
e
rr
i in a
c
on
f
in
e
d
e
nvi
r
on
m
e
nt.
A
t one
tim
e
, it
w
ouldn
’
t h
a
ve
t
a
k
e
n so
l
ong
to b
e
nd
h
e
r
to his
w
ill.
A
h,
we
ll, he
tho
u
g
ht.
H
e
doubt
e
d
a
n
y
one
w
ould
e
v
e
r
f
ind h
e
r
b
o
d
y
.
K
no
w
i
ng
h
e
r
f
in
a
l
re
sting
pl
a
c
e
tho
u
g
h, th
e
r
e
wa
s som
e
thi
n
g
c
om
f
o
r
t
ing
in th
a
t.

Co
r
d stood in
the
c
h
er
r
y
o
rc
h
ar
d
e
nj
o
y
i
n
g
t
h
e
l
a
te
af
t
er
noon sun, the
w
a
y
it
a
n
g
l
ed
th
r
ou
g
h the
b
ra
n
c
h
e
s,
a
n
d
w
ond
ere
d
w
h
y
he
h
a
d
n
’
t noti
ce
d b
ef
o
r
e
how
b
ea
uti
f
ul the
far
m
c
ould be
in the
sp
r
in
g
.
F
r
om
w
h
er
e
he
stood
h
e
c
ould
s
m
e
ll the
o
cea
n.
H
e
inh
a
l
e
d the
s
ce
nt of
the blossoms, ti
l
t
e
d his h
ea
d up to look
a
t the
c
r
y
st
a
l
b
lue
s
k
y
.
H
e
fe
lt a
j
o
y
h
e
h
a
dn
’
t kno
w
n in
a
lmost t
w
o
y
e
a
r
s.

H
e
did his b
e
st to
g
e
t his
mind b
ac
k on the
subj
ec
t
a
t h
a
nd.
T
h
e
y
w
er
e
h
a
v
i
ng
a
m
ee
ti
n
g of
so
r
ts
a
s Sil
a
s
we
nt ov
e
r
his pl
a
ns to hi
r
e
mo
r
e
p
i
c
k
er
s to h
ar
v
e
st the
sp
r
i
n
g
time
cr
ops.