Cedar Woman (82 page)

As
relati
v
es, J
u
lie
a
n
d
Reva
h
eld
m
u
t
u
al
stat
u
s,
a
n
d
J
u
lie
was therefore
free
to
invite
var
i
ous
rel
a
tives
a
nd
fri
e
n
ds
for
the
occas
i
o
n.

Le
n
a
was
in
awe
as
she
was
i
n
tro
du
ced
to
o
n
e
relati
v
e
after
a
no
t
h
er. J
u
lie,
e
v
er
graci
ou
s
,
tried
n
o
t
to
ov
e
rw
h
e
l
m
t
h
e
g
irl,
but
felt
t
h
at
s
h
e

need
e
d
a
s
m
u
ch
e
x
po
s
u
re
to
her
c
u
lture
as
possible.

Earlier t
h
at af
t
erno
o
n, J
u
lie i
nv
ited Le
n
a to
h
er
b
e
d
r
o
o
m
.

“
C
ha!”
s
h
e
e
x
clai
m
ed,
“I
have
so
m
e
t
h
i
ngs I
w
o
u
l
d
li
k
e
f
o
r
yo
u
t
o see,”
J
u
lie said, as
s
h
e st
a
rted
tow
a
rd
t
h
e
ba
c
k of
t
h
e
f
ou
r
-
r
o
o
m
ho
u
se.

S
mili
ng,
Lena
acquiesc
e
d
a
n
d
fo
llo
wed
Ju
li
e
t
o
her
s
m
al
l
,
but neat, sleeping
c
h
amber.

As
t
h
ey enter
e
d, Lena
t
o
uch
e
d
J
u
lie’s
sh
ou
l
der a
n
d o
f
fer
ed
, “I
gu
ess yo
u
’re i
n
terested in
my unusual e
y
e color.”

“
Oh
a
n,
yes.”
Julie
affir
m
ed.
“
Y
our
eyes
are
quite
beautiful
and

re
m
arkable.”

Le
n
a
ex
p
lai
n
e
d
t
o
J
u
li
e
t
h
e
c
o
n
d
iti
o
n
,
calle
d
sec
t
o
r
a
l
h
e
ter
o
c
h
r
o
m
i
a iri
d
is.

“
I re
m
e
m
b
er
the first
ti
m
e
my
m
o
ther noticed,”
s
h
e r
e
m
e
m
b
ered, “She
ac
t
ual
l
y
g
asp
e
d
!”
Lena
l
au
g
h
e
d.

“
I
can
only
imagine
that
your
m
ot
h
er
was
qu
ite
s
u
r
p
r
i
se
d
.”
J
u
lie

res
po
nd
e
d.

⁷⁴
Inipi
–
Ee-nee-
p
ee
-
Sweat
lod
g
e

Le
n
a
n
o
d
d
e
d
a
n
d
o
ff
e
r
e
d
,

“
S
o
, you
w
a
n
t
ed
to
s
h
ow
m
e
s
o
m
et
h
i
n
g
?
” e
nd
i
n
g
t
h
e
con
v
e
r
sation grac
i
ousl
y
.
Sm
i
l
ing,
J
u
lie
l
i
nk
e
d
h
e
r
arm
in
Len
a
’s,
a
n
d
dr
e
w
h
e
r
to
a chest
of
dr
a
w
e
r
s
which
stood
near
a
w
i
ndow.
T
h
e
su
bje
c
t
was
f
i
nish
e
d
, but
J
u
lie’s
t
h
o
ug
h
ts c
o
nti
n
ued h
e
r
c
ont
e
m
plation
o
f
t
h
e
a
m
azing
g
i
ft C
r
eator h
a
d b
e
stow
e
d
u
p
o
n
t
h
e
lovely
girl.

M
en
t
al
l
y sh
r
u
g
g
in
g,
J
u
li
e
pu
l
l
ed out a
j
e
wel
b
o
x,
a
n
d b
e
gan
t
o
s
h
o
w Lena
diff
e
rent
belts
and
purses
exe
c
uted
i
n
exquisite
beadwork.
Th
er
e were
k
n
i
fe
s
he
a
t
h
s
a
n
d
c
h
ok
ers,
r
o
ac
h
e
s
an
d
e
a
rr
i
ng
s
,
a
l
l
d
o
n
e w
it
h
t
h
e sa
m
e s
up
erb
artistry.