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“Believe it or not,” he said, “I’m the godfather.” For the briefest of instants there was a glint in Trent’s eye, then his face hardened. “That hole ain’t digging itself,” he barked, and with his quarterstaff pushed Duncan back toward their task. The prophetess at?theimar said something else. She said:For Harpa. I only say what I see, says Bett?. My negativity pot was full to overflowing. There was a dead husband whom I loved but couldn’t bring myself to grieve for, and a young girl, also dead, who wanted a life that would forever elude her; there was the leg breaker and the woman-child, Lana, who wanted to be loved for someone she hoped to be; there was the cop whom I admired and lied to and the hundreds of books I’d read but never understood; there was a boy named Edison who had a perfectly round head and a woman named Delilah who guarded him — even from me. I pulled away from the curb followed by the tattered Saab. “Ha,” I said — actually saying the word. I wondered (a) if he remembered me from high school (probably not) and (b) if I — far less stylish as an acne-scarred, uncombed, short-but-lanky white dude in a polo shirt — had made a good first impression. I resisted the urge to ask, and told himthat once the recorder came on, the conversation would be about the ways he — and only he — was special. “Trust me,” I said. “My editor has no interest in getting to know me better.” Marcia glanced at me then. We’d spent hours together but it was as if she hadn’t really gotten a good look at me until seeing the tableau in her driveway. ‘What does that mean?’ Rush’s gaze dropped to the ground at his feet. “He was wearing Dr. Franklin’s spectacles. It was a great bear, a giant bear, more than twice as tall as any man. Yet it seemed gentle, and wise.” “One minute,” I said. I grabbed the black marker, uncapped it, and aimed it at the mascot’s face. “That’s why I’m here. Though I’m not quite sure what I’m getting into.” “Who are you?” I only say what I see, repeats my aunt in an extremely soft, deep voice as Hei?ur squirms out the tent door. Half an hour later Duncan had done what he could to staunch the bleeding and clean the wounds. The needle with silk thread and the sterile bandages he needed would have to wait until Edentown. For one short moment Woolford stirred toward consciousness. He reached up, grabbing Duncan’s arm, though he showed no sign of recognizing his friend. “They’re all going to die! Every last man will die!” he uttered with desperate effort, then collapsed. We were evacuated via emergency slides. A fleet of fire trucks had assembled on the runway to hose down the burning engine. Firemen hoisted us off the base of the slide and sent us reeling towards the flashing lights and coaches waiting beyond.‘Keep moving, keep moving,’ they ordered us as we were hustled along. A sign over the terminal building shone yellow in the distance.Dublin Airport, it said. We continued through to the hall. He flicked a few light switches but the electricity had been cut off. It was an internal hall with a deep red carpet and the doors leading off it were shut. We shuffled along in darkness. Gabriel gave full vent to his wrath, slamming the metal ball down with sickening force, again and again, until at last the sturdy Scot broke, collapsing onto all fours then onto his belly. Gabriel had found a release for the wrath he felt toward Duncan and his friends. The superintendent only stopped when the blood began dripping down the shaft onto his fingers.“No one touches him!” he screamed. “No one! If anyone tries I’ll feed them to my dogs! Not now! Not the rest of the day! Not tonight. Let him crawl in his filth back to his quarters!” Duncan grabbed the creature behind the head. It was a river eel. His discovery did little to quiet the onlookers. A maid squealed in fear as the creature squirmed in his grip, another spat what sounded like an African curse..