|
|
|
|
|
|
the incidents had in common. Well, yes, there was. No weapon had been used, unless the drug in the candy could be considered a weapon. But Linda didn't see anything that could be characteristic of a person. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
"All alone and palely loitering?" |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Donald's voice was so soft that Linda turned her head to smile without any sense of shock. "Loitering, but not palely, I hope." |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
"It's the moonlight, I suppose. You do look a trifle pensive though." |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Linda smiled again. "That's the moonlight and the stars. They bring out the contemplative aspect of my soul." |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
"And what were you contemplating?" |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Your family mostly," Linda replied, quite truthfully but with every intention to decieve. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Why? I think we're pretty ordinary." |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For a moment, Linda was stunned into silence. Two slightly homicidal attempts were ordinary? But Donald didn'tor, at least, shouldn'tknow anything about those. And if he didn'tor was pretending he didn'tof course his reply was perfectly reasonable. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
"It was really me with respect to the family," Linda said, ungrammatically, more for the need to give him some answer than because she was thinking of what she said. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Oh-oh." Donald sighed. "Has Rose-Anne been at it again?" |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Noat least if you mean has she been teasing me. In fact, that's what I was thinking. From everything I've heard or read about being a |
|
|
|
|
|