Blood From a Stone (22 page)

T
e
l
e
v
i
s
i
on
had
been
qu
it
e
a
shock
t
he
fir
st
ti
m
e
he saw
it
.
T
he
l
ast
ti
m
e
he
’
d seen one,
sho
w
s
w
e
r
e
s
t
i
l
l
i
n b
l
ack and
w
h
it
e…now
he
r
e
w
as
e
v
e
r
y
t
h
i
ng
on
m
ass
i
v
e
sc
r
eens
of a
l
l
s
i
z
es,
i
n
f
u
l
l
co
l
or
and a c
l
a
rit
y
t
hat
m
a
t
ched
r
eal
lif
e.

H
e
qu
i
c
k
l
y d
i
sco
v
e
r
ed
w
hat
a
ce
l
l
pho
n
e
w
as
…
w
hat
a
l
ap
t
op
w
as
…and in no time,
he
k
new
t
he
na
m
es
of
se
v
e
r
al
cu
rr
ent
m
o
v
i
es
and a
f
ew
ac
t
o
r
s
and
ac
tr
esses,
a
f
ew sho
w
s
t
hat
w
e
r
e
o
n
e
v
e
r
y
w
eek and
t
he
na
m
es
of
se
v
e
r
al
s
t
o
r
es
and
r
e
s
t
au
r
an
t
s.
A
nd so
m
e
i
nno
v
a
ti
v
e
littl
e
g
ad
g
et
t
hat
s
w
ept
fl
oo
r
s 
w
i
t
h
out
a b
r
oom
or
m
op.
Y
ou
j
ust
t
h
r
ow
a
w
ay
so
m
e
pad
t
hat
a
t
t
aches
t
o a
hand
l
e!
I
t
w
as
qu
it
e
appa
r
ent
t
hat
t
he
past
fift
y
y
ea
r
s
had b
r
ou
g
ht
m
o
r
e
chan
g
e
t
han
he
’
d
e
v
er
seen
i
n any
o
t
h
e
r
cen
t
u
r
y
.
F
ri
g
h
t
en
i
ng
and
y
e
t
,
m
a
r
v
e
l
ous.

H
e
con
ti
nued
t
o
d
ri
nk 
i
t
a
l
l
i
n  as  he
’
d 
w
ande
r
ed se
v
e
r
al
b
l
oc
k
s
no
rt
h
t
o
t
h
i
s
g
o
t
h
i
c
l
oo
k
i
ng p
l
ace
c
a
ll
ed
V
e
l
v
et
w
he
r
e
t
he
r
e
w
as
V
ende
tt
a, and boo
z
e…..and
w
o
m
en.

O
ne
t
h
i
ng
w
as
f
or
su
r
e
fr
om
w
a
t
ch
i
ng
t
he
t
e
l
e
v
i
s
i
on sc
r
eens
and
w
a
t
ch
i
ng
t
he
peop
l
e
i
n
t
h
i
s
p
l
ace:
w
o
m
en
of
t
h
i
s e
r
a
w
e
r
e
de
fi
n
it
e
l
y
d
iff
e
r
ent
fr
om 
t
he
l
ast
he
’
d
k
n
o
w
n
a coup
l
e
of
g
ene
r
a
ti
ons
be
f
o
r
e!
I
f
l
ad
i
es
ac
t
ed
back
i
n
1961,
or any
o
t
her
of
h
i
s
past
Aw
a
k
en
i
n
g
s
t
he
w
ay
t
hey
ac
t
ed
no
w
,
t
hey
w
ou
l
d
be
ca
ll
ed
‘
l
oose
’
,
‘
ha
rl
o
t
s
’
,
’
tr
a
m
ps
’
,
and o
t
her
such cho
i
ce
t
e
r
m
s
of that era
and
ce
rt
a
i
n
l
y
t
he
f
a
rt
hest
t
h
i
ng
t
hat
any
y
oung
w
o
m
en
w
ou
l
d
asp
ir
e
t
o
be
li
k
e.
B
ut
not
he
r
e
and
no
w
.
I
n
f
act
i
t
see
m
ed
li
k
e
t
he
l
ooser
and
tr
a
m
p
i
er
t
hey
ac
t
ed,
t
he
m
o
r
e
t
hey
w
e
r
e
l
oo
k
ed upon
w
it
h e
y
es
of
ad
m
ir
a
ti
on by
a
ll
!

A
nd
t
hat
su
it
ed
h
i
m
j
ust
fi
ne…not
t
hat
i
t
r
ea
ll
y
m
a
t
t
e
r
ed.
H
e
’
d
ne
v
er
had
any
p
r
ob
l
e
m
s
g
e
tti
ng
w
o
m
en
i
n
t
o h
i
s
bed,
l
oose
or
no
t
,
an
y
m
o
r
e
t
han
he
’
d
had
a
p
r
o
bl
em
w
it
h
t
e
l
l
i
ng
t
hem
i
t
w
as nothing serious
w
hen
he
w
an
t
ed
t
h
e
m
t
o
g
et
ou
t
.
T
he
w
o
rl
d had ce
rt
a
i
n
l
y
chan
g
ed, but
t
hat
pa
r
t
hadn
’t
.