Bal Masque
“The fierce yellow glare temporarily blinded her, and she made her way by touch. An oppressive, waiting silence filled the bayou. The wild things know the storm’s not over. She clambered to the top of the heap of broken boards and crushed leaves, adjusting to the light as she went, to look out where Dorcas pointed. In the distance, kicking aside branches and rubble, came two men leading horses across the wind-tortured rise. Certain she hallucinated, Lucienne closed her eyes and looked again.
“So...meone is coming!” She pulled Dorcas to her feet. “The wind will start up again pretty soon. If we go meet them, we can get away quicker. Come on.”
Dorcas held back. “What about those critters you was talkin’ about that like to get up out of the water, ’gators and snakes and things?”
Lucienne closed her mind to those images and dangers. “No, I don’t care if the biggest alligator in Louisiana is out there. It better not get between me and a way out of this death trap.” Lucienne lifted the ragged edge of her skirt and leaped from one log to an uprooted tree trunk.MoreLess
“So...meone is coming!” She pulled Dorcas to her feet. “The wind will start up again pretty soon. If we go meet them, we can get away quicker. Come on.”
Dorcas held back. “What about those critters you was talkin’ about that like to get up out of the water, ’gators and snakes and things?”
Lucienne closed her mind to those images and dangers. “No, I don’t care if the biggest alligator in Louisiana is out there. It better not get between me and a way out of this death trap.” Lucienne lifted the ragged edge of her skirt and leaped from one log to an uprooted tree trunk.MoreLess
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