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Burning Bright
Theworldwasfullofburningofalltypesandsizes. Nowtheguildoftheasbestos-weavermustopenshopverysoon.
Hefelthisheelbumpland,touchpebblesandrocks,scrapesand. Theriverhadmovedhimtowardshore.
Helookedinatthegreatblackcreaturewithouteyesorlight,withoutshape, withonlyasizethatwentathousandmileswithoutwantingtostop, withitsgrasshillsandforeststhatwerewaitingforhim.
Hehesitatedtoleavethecomfortingflowofthewater. HeexpectedtheHoundthere. Suddenlythetreesmightblowunderagreatwindofhelicopters.
Buttherewasonlythenormalautumnwindhighup,goingbylikeanotherriver. Whywasn’ttheHoundrunning? Whyhadthesearchveeredinland? Montaglistened.Nothing.Nothing.
Millie,hethought.Allthiscountryhere. Listentoit!Nothingandnothing.Somuchsilence,Millie,Iwonderhowyou’dtakeit? WouldyoushoutShutup,shutup!Millie,Millie.Andhewassad.
MilliewasnothereandtheHoundwasnothere, butthedrysmellofhayblowingfromsomedistantfieldputMontagontheland. Herememberedafarmhehadvisitedwhenhewasveryyoung, oneoftheraretimeshehaddiscoveredthatsomewherebehindthesevenveilsofunreality, beyondthewallsofparloursandbeyondthetinmoatofthecity, cowschewedgrassandpigssatinwarmpondsatnoon anddogsbarkedafterwhitesheeponahill.
