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She’s consistent…
‘Principles of Geology’ by Charles Lyell - well-thumbed, ‘The Merchant of Venice’, ‘Marvels of Pond Life’ by Henry Slack - very dog-eared… The list goes on and the only thing any of the texts have in common is that they all look well-used. A second-hand bookstore would describe them as slightly foxed, but it looks as though the bears, the boars and the badgers have been at them too.
She stacks them in a neat pile, then rummages…
Some odds and ends of jewellery; cheap stuff, yellowed with age but seeming little-handled…
A rock. “Oh!” She smiles as it weighs in her hands.
Michael gives me a ‘wtf?’ look and I shrug.
Chad sees our expressions and smiles, then moves to stand close by Michael. He murmurs, “You’d better be ready. She’ll probably
