American Woman
“They had been driving for more than an hour on a succession of small rural roads, creeping along at just under the speed limit although it was near five o’clock in the morning. A waxing moon hung fuzzy and huge just above the horizon. The damp of the summer night strangely translated the moon’s weak gold light through the air, so that though it was dark you could see a great deal—shadowy forms of dense woods, lone trees, smooth dark hills reaching to the horizon. She had been staring out the wi...ndow a long time. “Rob,” she said. “When Pauline joined the cadre—are you sure it was truly her choice?”
“I had doubts too until I met them.” Frazer paused. When he spoke again his voice was so certain it almost sounded grim. “She’s riding with them, for sure. You’ll see what I mean.”
The stars were just starting to fade when they found it, a faint dirt track climbing a long grassy slope from the road. The car shuddered on the uneven ground. They were almost at the top before they saw the house, small and dark, with the dark woods behind it.MoreLess
“I had doubts too until I met them.” Frazer paused. When he spoke again his voice was so certain it almost sounded grim. “She’s riding with them, for sure. You’ll see what I mean.”
The stars were just starting to fade when they found it, a faint dirt track climbing a long grassy slope from the road. The car shuddered on the uneven ground. They were almost at the top before they saw the house, small and dark, with the dark woods behind it.MoreLess
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