![]() ![]() He carried no weapon because he feared nothing in the forest, nothing in the night, nothing on Earth.Īlthough he was unusually tall, muscled, and powerful, his physical strength was not the source of his confidence and fortitude. He needed no lamplight to guide him and he would have needed none even deep in the blackness of the mountain woods.įrom time to time, he heard sounds of unknown origin issuing from among the towering pines, but they inspired no anxiety. Where patches of lawn were bleached by recent cold, the dead grass resembled ice in the lunar chill.Īt two o’clock in the morning, Deucalion walked the perimeter of the seven-acre property, following the edge of the encircling forest. With the hiss of an artist’s airbrush, it seemed to blow the pale moonlight like a mist of paint across the slate roofs of the church and abbey, across the higher windows, and down the limestone walls. ![]() The October wind came down from the stars. ![]()
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