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Chapter 58

           Heseemedtobedelayingme;andwhenheatlastcamewithanotherkey,Isnatcheditoutofhishand.Iwentquicklydowntheroadawayfromthevillage.Totheeastlightningshuddered.Afterseventyoreightyyards,theschoolwallright-angledinland.Ithoughtshemightbejustroundthecornerofit.Butshewasn’t.Theroaddidnotgomuchmorethanquarterofamilefarther;beyondthewallitloopedinlandalittletocrossadried-outtorrent.Therewasasmallbridgeand,ahundredyardstotheleftofthat,achapel,whichwaslinkedtotheroadbyatallavenueofcypresses.Themoonwascompletelyobscuredbyadenseveilofhighcloud,buttherewasagrayPalmeresquelightoverthelandscape.Icametothebridgeandcalledagaininalowvoice."June?Julie?"Ihesitated,tornbetweenfollowingtheroadandgoingbacktowardsthevillage.Thentherewasasound:myname.Iranupbetweenthecypresses,blackspindlesagainsttheopaquecloud.Afterfortyyardsorsotherewasamovementtomyleft.Iwhirledround.Shewasstandingbehindoneofthelargesttrees:adarkdress,headscarf,acardigandrapedoverhershoulders;alldarkexceptforthewhiteovaloftheface."Julie?""It’sme.June.ThankGodyou’vecome."Iwenttoher.Shelookedback,roundtowardstheroad."Whatonearth’swrong?""IthinkI’mbeingfollowed.""Where’sJulie?""Isn’tshehere?""Haven’tyouseenher?""NotsinceFriday.OhGod."Sheletherheadsink;andsuddenlyIwasintenselysuspiciousagain;bothvoiceandmovementwereoverwrought.

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