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Chapter 49

           HethoughtthegirlsandIweregreen,innocents;butwecouldoutperifidyhisperfidy,andpreciselybecausewewereEnglish:bornwithmasksandbredtolie.Icametowardsthemainridge.AsIwalkedIoverturnedaloosestonehereandthere,butotherwisethelandscapewastotallysilent.Farbelow,overthecrumpledgrayvelvetoftheoutstretchedpinetops,theseaglistenedobscurelyunderthespangledsky.Theworldbelongedtonight.Thetreesthinnedoutwherethegroundrosesteeplyto-thesmallbluffthatmarkedthesouthsideofthemainridge.IpausedamomentforbreathandturnedtolookbackdowntowardsBourani;glancedatmywatch.Itwasjustaftermidnight.Thewholeislandwasasleep.SomewhereLilywas,likeme,staringatthesilvernailparingofamoon,perhapsfeelingthatsamesenseofexistentialsolitude,thebeingandbeingaloneinauniverse,thatstillnightssometimesgive.Thenfrombehindme,fromsomewhereupontheridge,Iheardasound.Averysmallsound,butenoughtomakemestepswiftlyoffthepathintothecoverofapine.Someoneorsomethinguptherehadoverturnedastone.Apauseoffifteensecondsormore.ThenIfroze;bothwithshockandasaprecaution.Amanwasstandingontopofthebluff,ashilysilhouettedagainstthenightsky.Thenasecondman,andathird.Icouldhearthefaintnoiseoftheirfeetontherock,themuffledclinkofsomethingmetallic.Then,likemagic,thereweresix.Sixgrayshadowsstandingalongtheskyline.Oneofthemraisedanarmandpointed;butIheardnosoundofvoices.

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