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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    11:31 am
    @@@@@ Beside one flipper I printed the words
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    Beside one flipper I printed the words FAIR
    SALVAGE
    The images rose in my mind, clearer and clearer,
    as if they had been waiting all these years to be
    liberated, and I wondered briefly if every
    painting (and every implement used to make them),
    from those on the walls of caves in central Asia
    to the Mona Lisa, held such hidden memories of
    their making and makers, encoded in their strokes
    like DNA
    Swim n kick til I say stop
    I added Elizabeth to the picture of Diving Daddy,
    standing up to her chubby knees in the water,
    Noveen tucked under her armLibbit almost could
    have been the doll-girl in the sketch Ilse had
    demanded - the one I had titled The End of the
    Game
    And after he saw all those things, he hug me hug
    me hug me
    I made a hurried little sketch of John Eastlake
    doing just that, his facemask pushed up on top of
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    his headThe picnic basket was nearby, on a
    blanket, and the speargun was resting on top of it
    He hug me hug me hug me
    Draw her, a voice whisperedDraw Elizabeth's fair
    salvageI was afraid of what I might see
    And what it might do to me
    And what about Daddy? What about John? How much
    had he known?
    I flipped through her drawings to the picture of
    John Eastlake screaming, with blood running from
    his nose and one eye
    Probably too late, but he had known
    What exactly had happened to Tessie and Lo-Lo?
    And to Perse, to shut her up for all those years?
    What exactly was she? Not a doll, that much seemed
    sure
    I could have gone on - a picture of Tessie and Lo-
    Lo running down a path, some path, hand-in-hand,
    was already asking to be drawn - but I was
    beginning to come out of my half-trance and was
    scared almost to deathBesides, I thought I knew
    enough to be going on with; Wireman could help me
    figure out the rest, I was almost sure of itI
    829
    closed my sketch-padI put down that long-gone
    little girl's brown pencil - now just a nubbin -
    and realized I was hungryBut
    that kind of hangover wasn't new to me, and there
    was plenty to eat in the refrigerator
    vi
    I went downstairs slowly, my head spinning with
    images - an upside-down heron with blue gimlet
    eyes, the smiling horses, the boat-size swim-fins
    on Daddy's feet - and I didn't bother with the
    living room lightsThere was no need to; by April
    I could have navigated the route from the foot of
    the stairs to the kitchen in pitch blacknessBy
    then I had made that solitary house with its chin
    jutting over the edge of the water my own, and in
    spite of everything, I couldn't imagine leaving it
    Halfway across the room I stopped, looking out
    through the Florida room to the
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    10:30 am
    @@@@@I have also done that with finding real
    @@@@@I have also done that with finding real estate bargains in attorneys' offices and in banksMost people do not take action, or they let someone talk them out of whatever new formula they are studyingMy neighbor told me why 16 percent would not work I did not listen to him because he's never done it

    ?Find someone who has done what you want to doAsk them for tips, for little tricks of the tradeAs for 16 percent tax lien certificates, I went to the county tax office and found the government employee who worked in the officeI found out that she, too, invested in the tax liensImmediately, she was invited to lunchShe was thrilled to tell me everything she knew and how to do itAfter lunch, she spent all afternoon showing me everythingBy the next day, I found two great properties with her help and have been accruing interest at 16 percent ever sinceIt took a day to read the book, a day to take action, an hour for lunch, and a day to acquire two great deals

    ?Take classes and buy tapesI search the newspapers for new and interesting classesMany are for free or a small feeI also attend and pay for expensive seminars on what I want to learnI am wealthy and free from needing a job simply because of the courses I tookI have friends who did not take those classes who told me I was wasting my money, and yet they're still at the same job

    ?Make lots of offersWhen I want a piece of real estate, I look at many properties and generally write an offerIf you don't know what the "right offer" is, neither do IThat is 'the job of the real estate agentI do as little work as possible
    A friend wanted me to show her how to buy apartment ho
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    10:35 am
    @@@@@He was quivering with anger now too, but
    @@@@@He was quivering with anger now too, but back of it was the shattering realization that Stanley had been so friendly the night beforeYou can't trust any of them, he thought numbly with a certain bitter pleasureAt least this time, he was certain"Let's cut it out, men, let's get movin' again Before they could say any more, he bent down at one of the litter handles, and motioned the others to take up their positionsOnce again they staggered forward into the blare and dazzle of the afternoon sun
    "Gimme some water," Wilson whined
    Once more Stanley halted"Let's give him some, get him out of his misery
    "Shut up, Stanley!" Brown waved his free arm loosely"Keep going and cut out all this talk Stanley glared at himWith his exhaustion he was feeling an intense hatred for Brown
    Wilson's thoughts rolled back into his painHe drifted along, not conscious for a while of the jarring of the litter, not even thinking directly of anything about himSensations washed through to him through the filter of his deliriumHe could feel his wound throbbing, and in his mind he saw a horn boring into his stomach, pausing and then boring forward again He heard himself groan without feeling his voice stir in his throatFor minutes he floated on the stretcher, his tongue exploring the roots of his teeth for moistureHe was convinced that his legs and feet were on fire, and he twitched them experimentally, rubbing them together as if to extinguish the blaze"Put it out, put it out," he mumbled from time to time
    A new pain caught him, familiar and demandingHe felt a cramp in his lower belly, and the sweat stirred on his forehead, mounted into individual dropletsHe fought against it with a childish fear of punishment and then relapsed into the heat and pleasure of voiding, the good strain on his bowelsFor a moment he was lying again with his back upon the broken fence outside his father's house, the southern sun imparting a lazy sensuality in his loin
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    10:38 am
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    Light hurt them, and she closed the lids"That's a good girl,
    Scarlett darlingOpen your eyes, I've something for you His
    coaxing tone was insistentScarlett's eyes openedSomeone had
    moved
    the lamp, and the dimness was mulberry bayswater easyThere's my friend Colum
    She tried to smile, but memory flooded her mind, and her lips
    crumpled
    into childlike bubbling sobs"The baby's dead, ColumPut me to
    sleep again The wet cloth
    stroked her cheeks, wiped her chanel logo earrings mouth"No, no, no, Scarlett, no, no,
    the baby's here, the baby's not dead Slowly the meaning became
    clearNot dead, said her mind"Not dead?" said Scarlett
    She could see Colum's face, Colum's smile"Not dead, chanel cc earrings mavourneen,
    not
    dead Scarlett turned her head on the pillowWhy was
    it so hard, just to turn her head? A pale bundle in someone's hands
    was there"Your daughter, Katie Scarlett," said ColumHe parted the
    folds of the blanket, and she saw louis vuitton online the tiny sleeping face"Oh,"
    Scarlett breathedSo small and so perfect and so helplessLook at
    the skin, like rose petals, like cream-no, she's browner than cream,
    the rose is only a hint of roseShe looks sun-browned, Jimmy choo handbag like
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    10:30 am
    @@@@@ “Tell me again what he said when he drew
    @@@@@
    “Tell me again what he said when he drew them“They were arguing–Uncle Jeb and my dadUncle Jeb was trying to convince him that
    something was wrong, telling him not to trust anyoneJeb grabbed the
    photo album from the end table and started… almostcarving the lines into the back cover with a
    pencilDad got mad, said my mom would be angryJeb said, 'Linda's mom asked you all to
    come up for a visit, right? Kind of strange, out of the blue? Got a little upset when only Linda
    would come? Tell you the truth, Trev, I don't think Linda will be minding anything much when
    she gets backOh, she might act like it, but you'll be able to tell the difference' It didn't make
    sense at the time, but what he said really upset my dadHe ordered Uncle Jeb out of the house
    Jeb wouldn't leave at firstKept warning us not to wait until it was too lateHe grabbed my
    shoulder and pulled me into his side'Don't let 'em get you, honey,' he whisperedStart at the beginning and follow the linesUncle Jeb'll keep a safe place for you' That's
    when Dad shoved him out the door
    Jared nods absently, still studying“The beginning… the beginning… It has to mean
    something
    “Does it? They're just squiggles, JaredIt's not like a map–they don't even connect
    “There's something about the first one, thoughI could swear I've seen it
    somewhere before“Maybe he told Aunt MaggieMaybe she got better directions
    “Maybe,” he says, and continues to stare at Uncle Jeb's squiggle
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    10:28 am
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    omega geneve,chloe black,bag dolce gabbana,chanel bag classic,tank louis@@@@@He was almost
    crying himself"This is just guesswork
    "It's not guesswork," Wireman said
    "But why do we need to know-"
    920
    "Jackwe don't know what we need to
    know
    I heard their voices, but from far away
    "Let's say Mary hit her with the gun when she
    turned around I wiped my cheeks with the heel of
    my hand"Let's say she hit her omega geneve several times,
    four or fiveIn the movies, you get clopped once
    and you're out like a lightIn real life, I doubt
    if it's like that
    "No," Wireman murmured, and of course this game of
    let's-say turned out to be all too accurateMy
    If-So-Girl's skull had been fractured in three
    places from repeated overhand blows, and she bled
    a chloe black great dealThe blood-trail led across the
    living room/kitchen (the smell of the burnt sketch
    very likely still hanging in the air) and down the
    short hallway between the bedroom and the nook
    that served as Illy's studyIn the bathroom at
    the end of the hall, Mary filled the tub and in it
    she drowned my unconscious daughter like an bag dolce gabbana orphan
    kittenWhen the job was done, Mary went into the
    living room, sat down on the sofa, and shot
    herself in the mouthThe bullet exited the top of
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    her skull, splattering her ideas about art, along
    with a good deal of her hair, on the living room
    wall behind herIt was then just shy of four AM
    The man downstairs was an insomniac chanel bag classic who knew the
    gunshot for what it was and called the police
    "Why drown her?" Wireman asked"I don't
    understand that
    Because it's Perse's way, I thought
    "We're not going to think about that right now," I
    said"All right?"
    He reached out and squeezed my remaining hand
    And if we get this business done, maybe we'll
    never have to, I tank louis thou
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    10:30 am
    @@@@@Norris and her nieces were all well pleased
    @@@@@Norris and her nieces were all well pleased with its revival,
    and an early day was named and agreed to, provided Mr
    Crawford should be disengaged: the young ladies did not forget
    that stipulation, and though MrsNorris would willingly have answered
    for his being so, they would neither authorise the liberty nor
    run the risk; and at last, on a hint from Miss Bertram, MrRushworth
    discovered that the properest thing to be done was for him to walk
    down to the Parsonage directly, and call on MrCrawford, and inquire
    whether Wednesday would suit him or not
    Before his return MrsGrant and Miss Crawford came inHaving
    been out some time, and taken a different route to the house, they
    had not met himComfortable hopes, however, were given that he
    would find MrThe Sotherton scheme was mentioned
    of courseIt was hardly possible, indeed, that anything else
    should be talked of, for MrsNorris was in high spirits about it; and
    MrsRushworth, a well-meaning, civil, prosing, pompous woman,
    who thought nothing of consequence, but as it related to her own
    and her son’s concerns, had not yet given over pressing Lady Bertram
    to be of the partyLady Bertram constantly declined it; but her
    placid manner of refusal made MrsRushworth still think she wished
    to come, till MrsNorris’s more numerous words and louder tone
    67
    Jane Austen
    convinced her of the truth
    “The fatigue would be too much for my sister, a great deal too
    much, I assure you, my dear MrsTen miles there, and
    ten back, you knowYou must excuse my sister on this occasion,
    and accept of our two dear girls and myself without herSotherton
    is the only place that could give her a wish to go so far, but it cannot
    be, indeedShe will have a companion in Fanny Price, you know, so
    it will all do very well; and as for Edmund, as he is not here to speak
    for himself, I will answer for his being most happy to join the party
    He can go on horseback, you knowRushworth being obliged to yield to Lady Bertram’s staying
    at home, could only be sorry“The loss of her ladyship’s company
    would be a great drawback, and she should have been extremely
    happy to have seen the young lady too, Miss Price, who had never
    been at Sotherton yet, and it was a pity she should not see the place
    “You are very kind, you are all kindness, my dear madam,” cried
    M
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    10:38 am
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    "We're gonna have to rustle in the jungle for food tomorrow," Ridges said
    Ridges smiled weakly



    13

    WHEN ROTH missed the leap, the platoon was shatteredFor ten minutes they huddled together on the shelf, too stricken, too terrified, to move onAn incommunicable horror affected them allThey stood upright, frozen to the wall, their fingers clenched into the fissures of the rock, their legs powerlessOnce or twice Croft tried to rouse them, but they shied away from the commands, petrified by gucci hobo horsebit his voice as though they were dogs terrified by a master's bootWyman was sobbing in nervous exhaustion, quietly, thinly, a small steady wailing, and into it fitted their own voices, a grunt or a small moan or a hysterical curse, random things, disconnected, so that the men who uttered them were hardly aware that they had spoken
    Their will recovered enough for them to continue, but they moved at a frantically slow pace, refusing to step forward for seconds at a time before some minor obstacle, chanel white j12 watch clinging to the wall ferociously wherever the ledge became narrow againAfter half an hour Croft finally brought them out, and the ledge widened and crossed the ridgeBeyond was nothing but another deep valley, another precipitous slopeHe led them down to the bottom, and started up the next ascent, but they did not follow himOne by one they sprawled down on the ground, looked at him with blank staring eyes
    It was almost dark, and he knew he could not drive them any more; they were too exhausted, too gucci men's watch frightened, and another accident might occurHe called a halt, giving approval to what was already a fact, and sat down in their midst
    On the next morning there would be the slope, a few gullies to traverse, and then the main ridge of the mountain to be crossedThey could do it in two or three hours ifif he could stir them againAt that moment he doubted himself seriously

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    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    10:38 am
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    Might as well let Rhett get a few pennies of his money back if it'll
    mean a better wheat crop for us She never used the word "father" in
    Cat's hearingWho could tell how much a tiny baby took in and
    remembered? Especially a baby who was so clearly superior in every
    way
    to every other baby in the worldAs the days lengthened, breezes and
    rain became softer and warmerCat O 'Hara was becoming more and
    more
    fascinating; she was developing individuality"I bag dolce gabbana certainly named you
    right," Scarlett told her, "you're the most independent little thing I
    ever saw Cat's big green eyes looked at her mother attentively while
    she was talking, then returned to her absorbed contemplation of her
    own
    fingersThe baby never fussed, she had an infinite capacity to amuse
    herselfWeaning her was hard on Scarlett, but not on CatShe
    enjoyed examining her porridge with fingers and mouthShe seemed
    to
    find all experience extremely women rolex interestingShe was a strong baby with
    a straight spine and high-held headAnd, in a
    special way, respected herShe liked to scoop Cat up and kiss her
    soft hair and neck and cheeks and hands and feet; she longed to hold
    Cat in her lap and rock herBut the baby would tolerate only a few
    minutes of cuddling before she pushed herself free with her feet and
    fists
    And Cat's small dark-skinned face could have such an outraged
    expression that Scarlett was forced to laugh even when louis vuitton prices she was being
    forcefully rejectedThe happiest times for both of them were at the
    end of the day when Cat shared Scarlett's bathShe patted the water,
    laughing at its splashes, and Scarlett held her, jounced her up and
    down, and sang to herThen there was the sweetness of drying the
    perfect tiny limbs, each finger and toe individually, and spreading
    powder over Cat's silky skin and into each baby wrinkleWhen
    Scarlett
    was twenty years old, war had forced her to omega geneve give up her youth
    overnightHer will and endurance had hardened and so had her face
    In the spring of 1876, when she was thirty-one, the gentle softness of
    hope and youth and tenderness gradually returnedShe was unaware
    of
    it; her preoccupation with the farm and the baby had replaced her
    life-long concentration on her own vanity"You need some clothes,"
    Mrs
    "I've heard there's a dressmaker who wants to rent the house you
    lived
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    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    10:30 am
    @@@@@There was no help from her My footsteps were
    @@@@@There was no help from her
    My footsteps were a slowcrunch, crunch across the brittle ground
    “He was just a deluded old lunatic, after all,” I murmured to myselfA strange shudder rocked
    my chest, and a hoarse coughing ripped its way up my throatThe stream of gravelly coughs
    rattled on, but it wasn't until I felt my eyes pricking for tears that couldn't come that I realized I
    was laughing
    “There was… never… ever… anything out here!” I gasped between spasms of hysteriaI
    staggered forward as though I were drunk, my footprints trailing unevenly behind meelanie uncurled from her misery to defend the faith she still clung to got it wrong or
    something
    I laughed at her nowThe sound was sucked away by the scorching wind
    Wait, wait,she thought, trying to pull my attention from the joke of it allou don't think… I
    mean, do you think that maybe theytried this?
    Her unexpected fear caught me midlaughI choked on the hot air, my chest throbbing from my
    fit of morbid hysteriaBy the time I could breathe again, all trace of my black humor was gone
    Instinctively, my eyes swept the desert void, looking for some evidence that I was not the first
    to waste my life this wayThe plain was impossibly vast, but I couldn't halt my frantic search
    for… remainselanie was already comforting herselfHe would never
    come out here unprepared like we didHe'd never put Jamie in danger
    I'm sure you're right,I told her, wanting to believe it as much as she did'm sure no one else in
    the whole universe could be this stupidBesides, he probably never came to lookHe probably
    never figured it outI was barely aware of the acti
    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    10:28 am
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    playground area, a few people in the picnic area,
    and a few on the nearest hiking trail skirting the
    waterOn the whole, though, for a lake that's
    actually within the city limits, the area was
    almost empty
    Wireman - looking strangely un-Florida in a
    fisherman's hat and a Vikings pullover - commented
    on this
    1108
    "School's still omega quartz in," I said"Give it another
    couple of weeks and there'll be boats buzzing
    everywhere"Does that make this the right
    place for her, muchacho? I mean, if a fisherman
    should net her up-"
    "No nets allowed on Lake Phalen," I said, "and
    there are few rods and reelsThis lake is pretty
    much for pleasure-boatersAnd swimmers, in close
    to shore I bent and picked up the mulberry bayswater cylinder the
    Sarasota silversmith had madeIt was three feet
    long, with a screw-down top at one endIt was
    filled with fresh water, and the water-filled
    flashlight was inside thatPerse was sealed in
    double darkness, and sleeping in a double blanket
    of fresh waterSoon she would be sleeping even
    deeper
    "This is a beautiful thing," I said
    "That it is," Wireman agreed, fake prada watching the
    afternoon sun flash from the cylinder as I turned
    it over in my hand"And nothing on it to catch a
    hookAlthough I'd still feel easier about dumping
    it in a lake up around the Canadian border
    1109
    "Where someone really might come along dragging a
    net," I said"Hide in plain sight - it's not a
    bad policy
    Three young women in a sportabout went buzzing chanel cc earrings byOne of them yelled, "We
    love cute guys!" and all three of them laughed
    Wireman tipped them a smiling salute, then turned
    back to me"How deep is it out here? Do you know?
    That little orange flag suggests you do
    "Well, I'll tell youI did a little research on
    Lake Phalen - probably overdue, since Pam and I
    have owned the place on Aster Lane going on
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    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    10:40 am
    @@@@@Fraser, is mad for such a house, and it
    @@@@@Fraser, is mad for such a
    house, and it would not make me miserableI go to Lady Stornaway
    after Easter; she seems in high spirits, and very happyis very good-humoured and pleasant in his own family, and I do
    not think him so very ill-looking as I did—at least, one sees many
    worseHe will not do by the side of your cousin EdmundOf the
    last-mentioned hero, what shall I say? If I avoided his name entirely, it
    would look suspiciousI will say, then, that we have seen him two or
    three times, and that my friends here are very much struck with his
    gentlemanlike appearanceFraser (no bad judge) declares she
    knows but three men in town who have so good a person, height, and
    air; and I must confess, when he dined here the other day, there were
    none to compare with him, and we were a party of sixteenLuckily
    there is no distinction of dress nowadays to tell tales, but—but—but
    Yours affectionately
    I had almost forgot (it was Edmund’s fault: he gets into my head
    more than does me good) one very material thing I had to say from
    Henry and myself—I mean about our taking you back into
    NorthamptonshireMy dear little creature, do not stay at Portsmouth
    to lose your pretty looksThose vile sea-breezes are the ruin
    of beauty and healthMy poor aunt always felt affected if within
    ten miles of the sea, which the Admiral of course never believed,
    but I know it was soI am at your service and Henry’s, at an hour’s
    noticeI should like the scheme, and we would make a little circuit,
    and shew you Everingham in our way, and perhaps you would not
    mind passing through London, and seeing the inside of StGeorge’s,
    Hanover SquareOnly keep your cousin Edmund from me at such
    a time: I should not like to be temptedWhat a long letter! one
    word moreHenry, I find, has some idea of going into Norfolk again
    upon some business that you approve; but this cannot possibly be
    permitted before the middle of next week; that is, he cannot anyhow
    be spared till after the 14th, for we have a party that eveningThe
    value of a man like Henry, on such an occasion, is what you can have
    no conception of; so you must take it upon my word to be inestimable
    He will see the Rushworths, which own I am not sorry for—
    365
    Jane Austen
    having a little curiosity, and so I think has he—though he will not
    acknowledge it
    This was a letter to be run through eagerly, to be read deliberately,
    to supply matter for much reflection, and to leave everything in
    greater suspense than everThe only certainty to be drawn from it
    was, that nothing decisive had yet taken placeEdmund had not yet
    spokenHow Miss Crawford really felt, how she meant to act, or
    might act without or against her meaning; whether his importance
    to her were quite what it had been before the last separation; whether,
    if lessened, it were likely to lessen more, or to recover itself, were
    subjects for endless conjecture, and to be thought of on that day
    and many days to come, without producing any conclusionThe
    idea that returned the oftenest was that Miss Crawford, after proving
    herself cooled and staggered by a return to London habits, would
    yet prove herself in the end too much attached to him to give him
    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
    10:35 am
    @@@@@The second period of waiting began To their
    @@@@@The second period of waiting began
    To their astonishment, it ended barely ten minutes laterA nurse came out into the lounge and
    asked them to follow herThey walked through what appeared to be a maze of antiseptic white
    walls broken up only by recessed white panels with glass knobs that denoted doorsOnly once on
    their brief journey did they see another human being; it was a man in a white smock, wearing a
    white surgical mask, who walked out of yet another white door, his sharp, intense eyes above the
    white cloth somehow accusing, determining them to be aliens from some different world that had
    not been cleared for Sterile House Five
    The nurse opened a door; there was a blinking red light above its top frameShe put her index
    finger to her lips, indicating silenceHolland and Conklin walked quietly inside a dark room and
    confronted a drawn white curtain concealing a bed or an examining table beyond, a small circle of
    intense light shining through the clothThey heard the softly spoken words of Dr
    “You are going back, Doctor, not far back, just a day or so, just when you began to feel the dull,
    constant pain in your arm Why are they inflicting pain on your arm? You were
    in a farmhouse, a small farmhouse with fields outside your window, and then they put a blindfold
    on you and began hurting your arm
    Suddenly, there was a muted flashing of green light reflected on the ceilingThe curtain parted
    electronically several feet, revealing the bed, the patient and the doctorWalsh took his finger off a
    bedside button and looked at them, gesturing slowly with his hands as if to say, There’s no one else
    hereConfirmed?
    Both witnesses nodded, at first mesmerized, then repelled at the sight of Panov’s grimacing pale
    face and the tears that began to flow from his wide-open eyesThen, as one, they saw the white
    straps that emerged from under the white sheet, holding Mo in place; the order had to be hisWe have to begin with the physically invasive procedure, don’t we? Because
    you know what it does, Doctor, don’t you? It leads to another invasive procedure that you cannot
    permitYou must stop its progression
    The ear-shattering scream was a prolonged shriek of defiance and horror“No, no! I won’t tell
    you! I killed him once, I won’t kill him again! Get away from meeeee !”
    Alex slumped, falling to the floorPeter Holland grabbed him and gently the strong, broadshouldered
    admiral, a veteran of the darkest operations in the Far East, led Conklin silently through
    the door to the nurse“Get him away from here, please
    “Peter,” coughed Alex, trying to stand, collapsing on his false foot“I’m sorry, Christ, I’m
    sorry!”
    “What for?” whispered Hol
    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
    10:31 am
    @@@@@Yr right about it being an odd request but
    @@@@@Yr right about it being
    an odd request but after looking at yr pix I can
    sort of see what yr up-to (putting different
    things together so people will look at them in new
    ways, right) and I'm ready for a new pr anyway so
    "knock yrself out I'll send them UPS only ask
    that you send me a jpg of the
    194
    "Finnish Product" if there ever is one
    Ilse sd she had a terrific timeI hope she sent a
    Thank-You card and not just an e-mail, but I know
    her
    One more thing to tell you, Eddie, altho I don't
    know how much you will like itI sent a copy of
    yr e-mail and jpg pictures to Zander Kamen, you
    remember him I'm sureI thought he would like to
    see the pix, but mostly I wanted him to see the email
    and find out if it was cause for concern,
    because you are doing in yr writing what you used
    to do in yr speaking: "bequest" for "request,"
    "laugh like a look" for "laugh like a loon At
    the bottom you wrote "It's just a wind" and I
    don't know what that means but DrKamen says
    maybe "whim
    I'm just thinking of you
    Pam
    195
    PS: My father is a little better, came through the
    operation well (the doctors say they might have
    "got all of it" but I bet they always say that)
    He seems to be handling the chemo well and is at
    home
    Thanks for yr concern
    Her PS zinger was a perfect example of my exwife's
    unlovelier side: lie backthen bite and "make yrself scarce
    She was right, thoughI should have told her to
    pass on best wishes from the Commiecrat when she
    spoke to her old man on the phoneThat asscancer's
    a bitch
    The whole e-mail was a symphony of irritation,
    from the mention of the Mustang that I'd never had
    time to finish to her concerns about my mistaken
    word-choicesSaid concerns delivered by a woman
    who thought Xander came with a Z
    And with that petty spleen out of my system
    (spoken to the empty house, and in loud tones, if
    you must know), I did review the e-mail I'd sent
    her, and yes, I was worried
    On the other hand, maybe it was just the wind
    196
    v
    The second striped beach chair had become a
    fixture at the heavyset guy's table, and as I drew
    closer to it, we sometimes shouted a little
    conversation back and forthIt was a strange way
    to strike up an acquaintance, but pleasantThe
    day after Pam's e-mail, with its surface concerns
    and buried subtext (You could be as sick as my
    father, Eddie, maybe even sicker), the fellow down
    the beach yelled: "How long before you get here,
    do you think?"
    "Four days!" I yelled bac
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    Friday, December 10th, 2010
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    belowThe fire was burning brightly; Rhett must have put more logs
    on
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    his shoulders and head framed by the gray semi-light of a window
    beyond
    himHe was in his office with the door ajar, his back to herShe
    tiptoed across the room and tapped gently on the door frame with the
    tips of her fingers"May I come in?" she whispered"I thought
    you'd gone back to bed," said RhettHe sounded very tiredShe
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    She wished she could cradle his head against her heart and stroke his
    tiredness away"There wasn't much point to going to sleep, there'll
    be roosters crowing like crazy as soon as the sun's up
    She put one foot tentatively across the doorsill"Is it all right if
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    hard
    Are those Crackers outside again? Or Clinch Dawkins? A cock crowed,
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    touched the scene outside the windowThe jagged tumbled brick
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    sky behind themIt looked as if they were still
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    Monday, December 6th, 2010
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    little smile lurked at the corners of the mouth;
    in the green eyes, as wellThe eyebrows were
    thick and handsomeThe forehead above them was
    broad, an open window where this man bent his
    thoughts toward the Gulf of MexicoThere was no
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    have taken away an aneurism or a malignant tumor
    The cost of finishing the job had been high, but
    the bill had been paid
    The storm had faded to a few faint rumbles
    somewhere over the Florida panhandleI thought I
    could sleep, and I could do it with the bedside
    lamp on if I wanted to; Reba would never tellI
    could even sleep with her nestled in between my
    stump and my sideAnd Wireman
    525
    could see againAlthough even that seemed beside
    the point right thenThe point seemed to be that
    I had finally painted something great
    I thought I could sleep on that
    How to Draw a Picture (VI)
    Keep your focusIt's the difference between a
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    a world filled with them
    Elizabeth Eastlake was a demon when it came to
    focus; remember that she literally drew herself
    back into the worldAnd when the voice inhabiting
    Noveen told her about the treasure, she focused on
    that and drew pictures of it littered on the sandy
    floor of the GulfOnce the storm had uncovered it,
    that entrancing strew was close enough to the
    surface so that the sun must have picked out
    gleams on it at midday - gleams that would have
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    She wanted to please her DaddyAll she wanted for
    herself was the china doll
    526
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    She waded in beside him, up to her chubby knees,
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    til I say stop
    He waded out farther while she stood there, and
    when he rolled forward, giving his body to the
    caldo, his flippers looked to her the size of
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    CHAPTER 53
    Condemned
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