@@@@@I felt thicker warmth on my face and wiped
@@@@@I felt thicker warmth on my face and wiped blood
from my nose and off my upper lipWireman had
fallen over a hassockI helped him up and saw his
nose was bleeding, tooA line of blood also ran
down the side of his throat from his left earIt
rose and fell with the rapid beat of his heart838
"Christ, that scream," he said"My eyes are
watering and my ears are ringing like a
motherfuckerCan you hear me, Edgar?"
"Yes," I said"Are you all right?"
"Other than thinking I just saw a dead guy
disappear in fucking front of me? I guess so He
bent down, picked the blunt cylinder off the floor,
and kissed it"Glory be to God for dappled
things," he said, then barked laughter"Even when
they're not dappled
It was a candlestickThe tip, where you were
supposed to stick your candle, looked dark, as if
it had touched something very hot instead of
something cold and wet"There are candles in all Miss Eastlake's rentals,
because we lose the power out here all the time,"
Wireman said"We have a gennie at the big house,
but the other places don't, not even this oneBut
unlike the smaller houses, this one does have
candlesticks from the big house, and they just
happen to be silver
"And you remembered that," I said839
He shrugged, then looked at the GulfThere was nothing there but moonlight and
starlight on the waterWireman gripped my wristHis fingers closed over
it where the manacle had been, and my heart jumped"What?" I said, not liking the new fear I saw in
his face"Jack's alone at El Palacio
We took Wireman's c
