"A storm had been on the way, she said, but
until noon that day the weather forecasters had been confidently claiming it
would veer south, toward New Mexico and the Sangre di Cristos. He was twisting
a cheap cloth cap restlessly in his hands, and in the light cast by the lamp
Geoffrey held up, his face looked lined and yellow and terribly worried -
frightened, even.
"Well, Ill have
to chance that,he said, "because Im just like that mother - Im not saying no to
be mean, or to spite you - Im saying no because I really want you to like the
story.
The fact that he had been searching for traces of a hotshot writer named Paul Sheldon was reported, but Kushners disappearance had not been linked, even speculatively, with Pauls own.
The fact that he had been searching for traces of a hotshot writer named Paul Sheldon was reported, but Kushners disappearance had not been linked, even speculatively, with Pauls own.
"Well, Ill have to chance that,he said, "because Im just
like that mother - Im not saying no to be mean, or to spite you - Im saying no
because I really want you to like the story.
The fact that he had been searching for traces of a hotshot writer named Paul Sheldon was reported, but Kushners disappearance had not been linked, even speculatively, with Pauls own.
The fact that he had been searching for traces of a hotshot writer named Paul Sheldon was reported, but Kushners disappearance had not been linked, even speculatively, with Pauls own.
"A storm had been on the way,
she said, but until noon that day the weather forecasters had been confidently
claiming it would veer south, toward New Mexico and the Sangre di
Cristos.
He was twisting a cheap cloth cap restlessly in his hands, and in the light cast by the lamp Geoffrey held up, his face looked lined and yellow and terribly worried - frightened, even.
He was twisting a cheap cloth cap restlessly in his hands, and in the light cast by the lamp Geoffrey held up, his face looked lined and yellow and terribly worried - frightened, even.