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He
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He nodded"There's an eight-cell job in the
gardening shedAnd Wireman?"
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He gave me a what now look - the exasperated kind
you do mostly with your eyebrows - but said
nothing"The spear-pistol?"
He actually grinned
While he was gone, I stood leaning against the
Mercedes, looking at the tennis courtThe door at
the far end had been left openElizabeth's semidomesticated
heron was inside, standing by the netIt looked at me with accusing blue eyes"Edgar?" Jack touched my elbow"Okay?"
I was not okay, and wouldn't be okay for a long
time againI can do this, I thoughtShe
does not get to win"I don't like it that you're so paleYou look
like you did when you first came here Jack's
voice cracked on the last couple of words"I'm fine," I said again, and briefly cupped the
back of his neckI realized that, other than
shaking his hand, it was probably the only time I
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Wireman came out clutching the handles of the
picnic basket in both handsHe had three longbilled
hats stacked on his headJohn Eastlake's
harpoon pistol was tucked under his arm"Flashlight's in the basket," he said"Ditto Deep
Woods Off, and three pairs of gardening gloves I
found in the shed
"Brilliant," I saidBut it's quarter of one, EdgarIf we're
going, can we please go?"
I looked at the heron on the tennis c
