The Servants of Twilight
“They put him to bed between clean sheets, under a heavy blue and green quilt. Christine wanted to stay in the bedroom with him, even though she wasn’t ready for bed, but Charlie wanted to talk to her and plan for certain contingencies.
He said, “You’ll be all right by yourself, won’t you, Joey?”
“I guess so,” the boy said. He looked tiny, elfin, under the huge quilt and with his head propped on an enormous feather pillow.
“I don’t want to leave him alone,” Christine said.
Charlie said, “No one ...can get him here unless they come up from downstairs, and we’ll be downstairs to stop them.”
“The window—”
“It’s a second-story window. They’d have to put a ladder up against the house to reach it, and I doubt they’d be carrying a ladder.”
She frowned at the window, undecided.
Charlie said, “We’re socked in here, Christine. Listen to that wind. Even if they knew we were in these mountains, even if they knew about this particular cabin—which they don’t—they wouldn’t be able to make it up here tonight.”MoreLess
He said, “You’ll be all right by yourself, won’t you, Joey?”
“I guess so,” the boy said. He looked tiny, elfin, under the huge quilt and with his head propped on an enormous feather pillow.
“I don’t want to leave him alone,” Christine said.
Charlie said, “No one ...can get him here unless they come up from downstairs, and we’ll be downstairs to stop them.”
“The window—”
“It’s a second-story window. They’d have to put a ladder up against the house to reach it, and I doubt they’d be carrying a ladder.”
She frowned at the window, undecided.
Charlie said, “We’re socked in here, Christine. Listen to that wind. Even if they knew we were in these mountains, even if they knew about this particular cabin—which they don’t—they wouldn’t be able to make it up here tonight.”MoreLess
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