第9节

    【】tafoggydreautan

    actualnbeforeher.”whoareyou”shee”

    helookedatheroverthedarksingforyou,”hewhispered.

    itekadyhadheardhisvoiditsentchills

    upherspihehairsonherarstandonend.”ho,andhersingleolditall.she

    oot,butaskingonlyho.

    raisinghisarhepointedhighertopointaboveherhead.quickly,shetuedherheadandonceagainlookedtohetrees,butshesahing.

    entbehindhiasthoughheontthatshekfodoentrepresented.inthatntgregoryflashedbeforehereyes,ahoughtoftheiledather,ofhoersand

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    gregorysther.ahoughtofherent.

    inthatsplitinstant,everythingdisappeared,theapartnt,thearabiannonthehorse,allofit.iheredagainstitasthoughshedtriedtoethingthatshedidnote,”shesaid,heruthsetinafiriubboness.”iotleavinghere”soverherrsetedatter.

    butevenasshesaidtheethinginsideherdeherpulsiontopass,butitrelylightened,refusingtoleaveher.

    herheadalevoiedtobeaforceoutsideofhertellihatshehadtogodohatpath,thatsheuldnotstayogonow.

    stilldizzyaogroething.onthegroundpshoostfaintedandittookseveralntsbeforesheuldstandupright.

    anothershotdthistiitbledoiokno,shehurried

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    for\\,,tilitedtoblaesheopenedherberbeforeshefoundahthatleddoountainside.

    abruptly,shestuledoutoftheshadyovie.onahorse,hishandstiedbehindhisback,hisheadlistingtoonesideasthoughheananbeinghanged.

    nearhinonhorses,gunsstrappedtotheirhipsandsrksofdelightontheirfaeanonthehorsedangling.

    athousandthoughtsranthroughherhead,butheeedtobeehoenandasktheopleasestop.nordidshethinkprosesofandown.

    shehesitatedforafepedoutofherrsetans,andheicipationoftheghthetosee.

    ybeitovies,butshedidhinkatall.itadehercreepupbehindthen,pickupabigrodbringitdownonhishead.

    silently,thencruledtotheground,andkadygrabbedhisrifle.hought,lookingatthething.hoshould12

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    shedidnthaveahoughtsbengbatoa

    deepebetaontheheadatherfeet.

    stillholdingtherifle,hereyesent,shepeeredthroughtheshrubsatthenonthehorsesseveralfeeta,andbeenuldntseeher,butbythenoiseandnfusion,shekne.holdingtherifleagainstherrsetedbelly,kadypulledthetriggeragain,onlyto

    findthatnothinghappened.eeredseeingtvshoenpulleddowna

    leverooftherifle,thenfired.afterabitoffuling,sheodothis,thenfiredagain.thistithereeone.

    thesoundofhorseshooves,plusthreeshotsdireenyelledthoftheirhorses.sheuldtellthat”hiantheydbeenabouttohang.”shootthehorseoutfronderhiasgetthehelloutofhere.”

    ityelling”no”butselfpreservatioayakeherselfassllaspossible,holdirainoftheo

    herbodysotheyseeher.therewa

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