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The shroud-thing was behind me, called likethe moths to the party lights. Mystomach folded in on itself like a cold flower. This is some spooky shit, segor, she said. He reminded me of something in the Bible,about how in the days of our old age we say we have no pleasure in them.

I'd been hypnotized by thefantasies going on in my head, and a hypnotized man is easy to lead. The book I'm working on is a novel, I said. Rogette had certainly been in the house when Icame back. It was all different then, Devore said.