Thursday, January 28, 2010 - A harpoon lay beside one skeletonThe tip of... |
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A harpoon lay beside one skeletonThe tip of the
second harpoon was still buried in Nan Melda's
yellowing spine
The light began to swayBecause the young man
holding it was swaying
"Don't you faint on us, Jack!" I said sharply
"That's an order!"
"I'm okay, boss But his eyes were huge, glassy,
and behind the flashlight - still not quite steady
in his hand - his face was parchment whiteShine it down there again
It was one of the Table Whiskey kegs, now little
more than a hump under a heavy shag of mossOne
of those white toads was crouched on itIt looked
up at me, lids cartier santos demoiselle nictitating malevolently
Wireman glanced at his watchI'm
thinking maybe fifteen minutes before sundown
Could be a little more, could be less?"
"So Jack puts the ladder into the hole, and down I
goyou have just one arm
"She took my daughterYou know
this is my job Wireman looked at Jack"Which leaves
the watertight container question
"Don't worry," he said, then picked up the ladder
and handed me the flash"Shine it down there,
EdgarI need both hands for what I'm doing
It seemed to take him forever to get the ladder
placed to his satisfaction, but finally the feet
were on the gold gucci watches bottom, between the bones of Nan
Melda's outstretched arm (I could still see the
silver bracelets, although now overgrown with moss)
and one of Adie's legsThe ladder was really very
short, and the top rung was two feet below groundlevel
That was all right; Jack could steady me to
begin withI thought of asking him again about
the container for the china figure, then didn't
He seemed completely at ease on that score, and I
decided to trust him all the wayIt was really
too late to do otherwise
In my head a voice, very low, almost meditative,
said: Stop now and I'll let you denim chanel bag go free
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Wireman looked at me without surprise"You heard
it, too, huh?"
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I lay on my stomach and backed into the holeJack
gripped my shouldersWireman stood beside him
with the loaded harpoon pistol in his hands and
the three extra silvertips stuck in his belt
Between them, the flashlight lay on the ground,
spraying a bright light into a tangle of uprooted
weeds and vines
The stench of the cistern was very strong, and I
felt a tickling on my shin as something scurried
up my legI should have tucked my pants cuffs
into the tops of my boots, but it was a dolce and gabbana bucket handbag little
late to go back and start over
"Do you feel the ladder?" Jack asked"Are you
there yet?"
"No, I Then my foot touched the top rung
"I've gotcha, don't worry
Come down here and I'll kill you
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"Go on and try," I said"I'm coming for you, you
birch, so take your best shot
I felt Jack's hands tighten spasmodically on my
shoulders"Jesus, boss, are you s-"
"I'm sure
There were half a dozen rungs on the ladderJack
was able to hold onto my shoulders until I'd
gotten down three, and then I was chest-deepHe
offered me the flashlightYou don't need it for light,
you need it for chanel bucket bags her |
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