Blood From a Stone (126 page)

S
o,
he
’
d
appa
r
en
tl
y
fi
g
u
r
ed
out
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
t
o
do
w
it
h
the
‘ti
m
e
shall
s
t
and
s
till
’
pa
rt
…or
at
l
east
he
w
as
g
e
tti
ng
c
l
ose.
B
ut
w
hat
of
t
he
‘
b
l
ood
of
t
hy
w
ill
’
pa
rt
?
T
he
r
e
m
u
s
t
be
m
o
r
e
t
o
i
t
t
han s
i
m
p
l
y
ha
v
i
ng
an an
i
m
al
d
ri
nk
h
i
s b
l
ood or
m
a
k
i
ng
i
t do
so,
o
t
he
r
w
i
se
i
t
w
ou
l
d
ha
v
e
w
o
r
k
ed on
t
he
r
a
t
s.
T
he
r
e
w
as so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
e
l
se
i
n
v
o
l
v
ed he
r
e.

I
n
bo
t
h
cases
he
’
d
i
n
t
e
r
v
ened
du
ri
ng so
m
e
k
i
nd
of e
m
e
r
g
enc
y
.
W
it
h
C
i
sco,
he
’
d
done
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
t
hat
w
o
ul
d
ha
v
e cost
h
i
m
h
i
s
o
w
n
lif
e
had
t
he
r
e
been
no
such
t
h
i
ng as
a
r
ab
i
es
v
acc
i
ne
because
now
t
hat
he
cou
l
d
f
eel
t
he
do
g
‘
s
sou
l
,
he
k
new
t
hat
C
i
sco
had
i
ndeed  been 
i
n
f
ec
t
ed 
w
it
h 
t
he 
v
ir
us.
D
ea
t
h
w
as
ce
rt
a
i
n
f
or
h
i
m
…and
w
hoe
v
er
he
b
i
t
,
had
S
a
m
son not
s
t
epped
i
n
w
hen he d
i
d.

H
e
g
u
l
ped do
w
n ano
t
her s
i
p of co
ff
ee and headed
t
o
t
he
sho
w
e
r
.
T
he
s
t
eam
and
w
a
r
m
w
a
t
er
d
i
d
no
t
h
i
ng
t
o
s
l
ow
h
i
s
m
i
nd
fr
om
r
ac
i
ng
at
b
r
ea
k
neck
speed
t
o
w
a
r
d
w
hat
he hoped
w
e
r
e
t
he ans
w
e
r
s
t
o h
i
s
sa
l
v
a
ti
on.

T
hy
w
ill
.
T
he
w
o
r
ds
m
eant
‘
w
hat
y
ou des
ir
e
‘
.
T
he b
l
ood of
w
hat
y
ou des
ir
e?
T
hat
m
ade no sense.

H
e
l
a
t
he
r
ed
up
h
i
s
ha
ir
,
ri
nsed
o
f
f
a
n
d
s
t
epped out
t
o
t
o
w
el
o
ff
.
W
ill
.
D
es
i
re.
O
n
l
y one
t
h
i
ng ca
m
e
t
o
m
i
nd
w
hen he
t
hou
g
ht
of
t
he
w
o
r
d
‘
des
ir
e’
and 
t
hat
w
as  W
ill
o
w
.  He
r
es
tr
a
i
ned
h
i
m
se
l
f
fr
om
t
h
i
n
k
i
ng
about
her
be
i
ng
h
er
e
w
it
h h
i
m
ri
g
ht
no
w
,
and
w
hat
t
hey
w
ou
l
d
ha
v
e
or
cou
l
d
h
a
v
e
done
i
n
t
hat
sho
w
er
he
j
ust
t
oo
k
.
N
ope.
Wasn
’
t
g
onna
l
et
h
i
s
m
i
nd
w
ander
o
f
f
t
he
r
e
ri
g
ht
no
w
.
H
e needed
t
o
k
eep h
i
s
w
it
s
about h
i
m
.
H
e
l
oo
k
ed
do
w
n
at
h
i
s
c
r
o
t
ch
w
h
i
ch
w
as
t
h
r
ea
t
e
n
i
ng
t
o s
w
e
l
l
j
ust
t
h
i
n
k
i
ng
about
it
.

Sorry
bud,
you
’
re
gonna
have
t
o
w
a
it
, cause I
a
i
n
’
t go
i
ng
t
here
t
oday.
F
l
y
i
ng
so
l
o
’
s
a
l
w
ays
fi
ne,
but
I
t
h
i
nk
I’
d r
a
t
her
ho
l
d out
f
or
a
littl
e
co
-
p
il
ot
ac
ti
on.
M
aybe
t
on
i
gh
t
.
A
t
l
east
I
hope
t
on
i
gh
t
.