quot;Now; said a voice.

    ill  in truggled to ually (and it took most of a minute, because o open o t morning in front of him.

    quot;; he said.

    quot;Beside you,quot; said t;t;

    t in t, but nowhere could he see a figure.

    quot;I said  on. quot;You  at , at dusk or da best in darkness; least of all in tain, and found neit ter er.quot;

    quot;A dead man?  does ;

    quot;e middle age. Flesraces of a  around ;

    quot;Sir C; said ill. quot;ts er must s somet least.quot;

    quot;S traces. My companion urn ;

    ill got to  and looked around. torm ressing; for nearby lay tced oing al-beaked carrion croearing at t feast.

    ill looked at eacurn, but none of tcicular friend. t s suddenly on anot long before the evening?

    So s still be alive. t c found not tion he looked.

    quot;; o the angel.

    quot;Beside you,quot; came t;as al;

    ill looked to , hing.

    quot;So no one can see you. Could anyone else ;

    quot;Not if I artly.

    quot; is your name? Do you ;

    quot;Yes, ;

    ill considered o do.  of many, all t take are snuffed out like candles, as if ted. At t all ills ced at once. But to keep tence meant doing noto cer all.

    quot;ell go back doain,quot; ;ell go to t lake. t be sometting ty anyake t is and you can guide me if I go ;

    It  ill realized  ing. In fact,  t of his wound since he woke up.

    opped and looked at t  after t. It ment , but t a sign of blood; and