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And, as with Bill, I sensed a certain reproach inher tone, as if I were to blame for such improperly delayed condolences. he one I remembered: WILLIAM BILI' DEAN CAMPCHECKING CARETAKING LIGHT CARPENTRYPLUS his telephone number. I stuffed one end ofthe towel in my mouth during the worst of it, afraid that if the boaterson the lake heard the sounds coming out of me, they'd think someone uphere was being murdered. I took the lettersoff, and as I did found myself thinking how odd it was to have a lawyernamed Romeo--(romeo went in the circle)--and a detective named George Kennedy.

Andyes--I thought that this time Rogette was the one laughing. side,looking into the bedroom's shadowy corners, and thinking that Rebecca deWinter hadn't drowned in a bay but in Dark Score Lake. Alive in the heat, aware inthe faint sound of dawn thunder. ,but it was warming up fast.