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Authors: Kate Wilhelm
And the Angels Sing (4 page)
He sat down again and lowered his head into his hands. He knew she was telling the truth.
"It's going to be light soon," she said. "I'll make us something to eat, and then we'll go back to town. I'll drive you. We'll come back in a day or so to pick up your car." She stood up and groaned. "My God, I feel like I've been wrestling bears all night. I hurt all over."
She passed close enough to put her hand on his shoulder briefly. "What the hell, Eddie. Just what the hell."
In a minute he got up also, and went to the bedroom, looked at the bed where he had lain with her all through the night. He approached it slowly and saw the remains of the mantle. When he tried to pick it up, it crumbled to dust in his hand.
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