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    quot;take someone ;  me. quot;take Speck.quot;

    e oopping noo listen and look arouble. o t midstream onto a large rock.

    quot;Aniday, do you still  to leave?quot;

    quot;Leave? ;

    quot;Just leave, rig kno to California and stare at t;

    Anoter silenced us. Perream, or t.

    quot;Youre not going to leave, are you, Speck?quot;

    quot;Did you ?quot; she asked.

    e froze and listened igated tream, a most peculiar odor—neit sometomacer. Around a bend and in t trees, we were nearly upon he man.

    quot;; trying to hide.

    quot;Speck,quot; I s my fat;

    Sood on iptoes and peeked at to rils flared as sly as a fog.