Chapter 42

           Wewerewokenbysomeoneknockingonthedoor,thenhalfopeningit.Sunlightslashedthrough.Hewithdrewwhenhesawwewerestillinthebunks.Ilookedatmywatch.Itwasteno’clock.Ipulledonmyclothesandwentout.Ashepherd.SomewhereinthedistanceIcouldhearthebellsofhisflock.Hestruckbackwithhiscrookthetwoenormousdogsthatbaredtheirteethatmeandproducedfromthepocketsofhisgreatcoatacheesewrappedinsorrelleaves,whichhehadbroughtforourbreakfast.AfterafewminutesAlisoncameout,tuckinghershirtintoherjeansandscrewinguphereyesagainstthesun.Wesharedwhatwasleftoftherusksandtheorangeswiththeshepherd;usedupthelastofthefilm.Iwasgladhewasthere.Icouldsee,asclearasprintedwordsinAlison’seyes,thatshethoughtwehadcrossedbackintotheoldrelationship.Atthesametimesheleftittometomakethenextmove.Shehadbrokentheice;butitwasformetojumpintothewater.Theshepherdstoodup,shookhandsandstrodeoffwithhistwosavagedogsandleftusalone.Alisonstretchedbackinthesunacrossthegreatslabofrockwehadusedasatable.Itwasamuchlesswindyday,April-warm,adazzlingbluesky.Thesheepbellssoundedinthedistanceandsomebirdlikealarksanghighuptheslopeaboveus."Iwishwecouldstayhereforever.""I’vegottogetthecarbackbytomorrowmorning.""Justwishing."Shelookedatme."Comeandsithere."Shepattedtherockbyherside.Hergrayeyesstaredupatme,attheirmostcandid.

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