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Chapter 15

           ThinkingfirstofthelistofthecarandunabletoestimateitDickbentawayNicole’sarm,climbedoverthetopsideandliftedoutthechildren;thenhesawthecarwasinastableposition.Beforedoinganythingelsehestoodthereshakingandpanting.

           "You!"hecried.

           Shewaslaughinghilariously,unashamed,unafraid,unconcerned.Noonecomingonthescenewouldhaveimaginedthatshehadcausedit;shelaughedasaftersomemildescapeofchildhood.

           "Youwerescared,weren’tyou?"sheaccusedhim."Youwantedtolive!"

           ShespokewithsuchforcethatinhisshockedstateDickwonderedifhehadbeenfrightenedforhimselfbutthestrainedfacesofthechildren,lookingfromparenttoparent,madehimwanttogrindhergrinningmaskintojelly.

           Directlyabovethem,halfakilometerbythewindingroadbutonlyahundredyardsclimbing,wasaninn;oneofitswingsshowedthroughthewoodedhill.

           "TakeTopsy’shand,"hesaidtoLanier,"likethat,tight,andclimbupthathillseethelittlepath?Whenyougettotheinntellthem‘LavoitureDivareestcassée.Someonemustcomerightdown."

           Lanier,notsurewhathadhappened,butsuspectingthedarkandunprecedented,asked:

           "Whatwillyoudo,Dick?"

           "We’llstayherewiththecar."

           Neitherofthemlookedattheirmotherastheystartedoff."Becarefulcrossingtheroadupthere!Lookbothways!"Dickshoutedafterthem.

           HeandNicolelookedateachotherdirectly,theireyeslikeblazingwindowsacrossacourtofthesamehouse

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