Birds of Prey : Previously Copub Sequel to the Hour of the Hunter (9780061739101)
“They talk in hushed tones. They compare what they saw or thought they saw and try to make sense of what has happened. Marc Alley went back to his own car. Lucy was protected by my grandmother and the Wakefield “girls.” Lars, standing alone out on the observation platform, was the one I worried about.
“I should have caught him,” he said. “When I was younger it was nothing to grab a two-hundred-pound halibut and heave him into a boat single-handed. If I could have caught his arm instead of his co...at . . .” He sighed.
“You did what you could,” I told him. “And the thing is, if you had caught his arm, there’s a good chance he would have pulled you off the train right along with him.”
“I almost wish he had,” Lars said hopelessly.
I wanted to console him, wanted to make him feel better. “You know more than anybody what he and Lucy were going through. Don’t you think he’s better off?”
Lars closed his eyes and shook his head. “That’s not for you or me to say, Beau,”MoreLess
“I should have caught him,” he said. “When I was younger it was nothing to grab a two-hundred-pound halibut and heave him into a boat single-handed. If I could have caught his arm instead of his co...at . . .” He sighed.
“You did what you could,” I told him. “And the thing is, if you had caught his arm, there’s a good chance he would have pulled you off the train right along with him.”
“I almost wish he had,” Lars said hopelessly.
I wanted to console him, wanted to make him feel better. “You know more than anybody what he and Lucy were going through. Don’t you think he’s better off?”
Lars closed his eyes and shook his head. “That’s not for you or me to say, Beau,”MoreLess
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