Blood From a Stone (72 page)

H
e
r
e
m
e
m
be
r
ed
t
oo,
h
i
s
o
w
n
pa
i
n
of
se
e
i
ng
D
an
i
a c
r
y
i
ng
i
n
fr
ont
of
h
i
s
co
l
d,
s
t
one
body
t
h
i
n
k
i
ng he
w
as
dead, and
he
had
no
w
ay
t
o
r
each
out
or
speak
and
t
e
l
l
h
e
r
t
hat
he
w
as
i
ndeed
s
til
l
a
li
v
e
be
f
o
r
e
h
i
s
e
y
es
fi
na
ll
y
l
ost
m
ost
of
t
he
i
r s
i
g
ht
and
h
i
s
senses
shut
do
w
n.
T
he
r
e
w
as
no
w
ay
t
o
t
e
l
l
her
t
hat
he
w
as
so
rr
y
f
or
w
hat
he
’
d done
t
o he
r
.
T
hat
h
e
w
i
shed he cou
l
d
t
a
k
e
i
t
a
l
l
bac
k
.
I
t
had been
t
oo
l
a
t
e
and he
w
as
da
m
ned
f
or
e
t
e
r
n
it
y
.

H
e
f
e
l
t
W
ill
o
w
’
s
hand
on
h
i
s
o
w
n.
“
A
r
e
y
ou
o
k
a
y
?
D
i
d
I
say so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
w
r
on
g
?”
she
sa
i
d
no
ti
c
i
ng h
i
s
f
a
r
a
w
ay exp
r
ess
i
on.

“
N
ah.
I
t‘
s
no
t
h
i
n
g
.
I
w
as
j
ust
r
e
m
e
m
b
e
ri
ng
back
w
hen I
w
as
a
k
i
d
and
I
g
ot
t
he
fl
u,”
he
li
ed.
“I
t
hou
g
ht
t
hat
w
as
bad, but
it‘
s
no
t
h
i
ng co
m
pa
r
ed
t
o
a
littl
e
k
i
d
ha
v
i
ng
t
o
g
o
t
h
r
ou
g
h
a
m
a
j
or
su
r
g
e
r
y
.”

S
he
nodded
and
see
m
ed
sa
ti
s
fi
ed
w
it
h
the
ans
w
e
r
.
H
e s
t
a
r
ed
at
her
f
or
a
m
o
m
en
t
,
w
i
sh
i
ng
f
or
once
he
co
ul
d
be honest
about
h
i
s
t
hou
g
h
t
s.
Y
eah.
R
i
gh
t
.
H
e
cou
l
d on
l
y
i
m
a
g
i
ne
i
n
h
i
s
d
r
ea
m
s
how
i
t
w
ou
l
d
f
eel
t
o
l
et
h
i
s
s
t
o
r
y a
n
d
a
l
l
t
he hea
rt
ache
t
hat
ca
m
e
w
it
h
i
t
co
m
e
pou
ri
ng out
and
h
a
v
e so
m
eone
li
s
t
en
and unde
r
s
t
and.
B
ut
t
hat
w
as, he supposed pa
r
t of
t
he
t
o
rt
u
r
e of
t
he cu
r
se.
H
e had
t
o bear
i
t
co
m
p
l
e
t
e
l
y
a
l
one.

“
S
o,
t
e
l
l
m
e
m
o
r
e
about
y
our bus
i
ness
…
y
our
tr
a
v
e
l
i
n
g
,” she sa
i
d, chee
rf
u
ll
y
.

             
“We
ll
,”
he
sh
r
u
gg
ed.
“
L
i
k
e
I
t
o
l
d
y
ou
y
es
t
e
r
da
y
,
I
travel
a
l
o
t
.
I
g
o
t
o
auc
ti
ons
and
es
t
a
t
e
sa
le
s
a
l
l
o
v
er
t
he
c
ou
n
tr
y
and
o
v
e
r
seas
t
o
e
it
her
buy or
se
ll
.
Most
of
t
he
p
i
eces
I p
i
ck up
f
or
r
esa
l
e a
r
e un
i
que.
O
ne of
a
k
i
nd.
I
t
can be
l
one
l
y so
m
e
ti
m
es
b
e
i
ng
on
t
he
r
oad
so
m
uch,
bu
t
…
t
ha
t’
s
lif
e.
Y
ou do
w
hat
y
ou ha
v
e
t
o.”