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Chapter 56

           Hewentandlockedthemusic-roomdoorsfromtheinside;lethimselfoutbythefrontdoor.Isaidwewouldbeatthehouseinthevillageaboutsix,andthenwewatchedhimgodownthepathwithJulie’ssuitcase.Wewerealone.Silence,thecicadas.Hermouthlookedbruised,hereyesalmostviolet;aheavy,emotion-ladenlookatme,asifsheblamedmeandforgaveme,forgavemeandblamedme…Ireachedoutmyhand."I’vebeengood."Sherecoveredherselfthen,laughedandremembered,andledmetothestepsoverthegulley;Iheardthesoundoftheboatdrawingoutoftheprivatecove.TomysurpriseJulieturneddownpastthecarob.Wecametotheedgeofthetrees,betweenthesmallhummockwhereIhadmetthesistersandtheplacewherewehadlainonJulie’srugandthewholestoryhadbeentold.Twentyyardsawaythecliffdroppedstraightintothesea.Thegroundwasrough.Thereweresmallboulders,somemattedwhinlikescrub,thymeandotheraromaticplants;thehugedrybrownbulbsofasphodels."Here.Seeifyoucanfindit."Shestoodunderapineandwatchedmequartertheinnocentground.Isearchedforaraisedneck,acapofsomesort;threwasharplookbackather.Shehadherhandtohermouth,insuspense.Iwasnear.Justinfrontofmetherewasthestumpofapinethathadbeencutdownmanyyearsbefore.Arounditanareaofaboutfivefeetbythreewasbare,apparentlybecauseofthestones,orbecausethedeadstemhadpoisonedthegroundinsomeway.Itseemedperfectlynatural,butJuliewassmiling.

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