When they had dug downa foot or so, they shored the walls of the excavation as best they could with small stones, thenFredericks took off his robe. Emily shrank back against the wall of the freight car as if somethingpassing between them might burn her. They were deep in the shadow of a group of concrete columns, each as wide as a verylarge, very old tree. Such visions were all that ever came to him in the bloodless darkness that was now the closesthe came to sleep--the same tired images, the same recycled shames and horrors.
Fredericks, he whispered. the department leased for her, but though urban traffic insured that drivingwas slower, it was also quieter. Orlando reached out and touched Fredericks' shoulder, trying to give his friend strength, buthis own voice was dense with despair. There was a nervous quaver to his voicehe could only partially hide.
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