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She[Francesca]avoidedgoingintotowfewdays,awareallthetimethatRobertKincaidwasonlyafewmilesaway.FrahiopherselfifshesawhiShemightruntohimandsay,“gonow!”
ShehaddefiedrisktoseehimatCedarBridge,oomuseeinghimagain.
ByTuesdaythegrocerieswererunninglowandRieededapartforthepickerhewasgettingbashape.Thedaywaslow-slung,steadyrain,lightfog,cust.
Richardgothispartandhadcoffeewiththeothermenatthecafewhilesheshroceries.HeknewhersdwaswaitingoutinfrontoftheSuperValuewhenshefinished.HejumpedhisAllis-ChalmersdhelpedherloadthebagsintotheFordpitheseatandaroundherknees.Aoftripodsandknapsacks.
&orunuptotheimplementpla.IfotonemorepieceImightneed.”
TheydrovenorthonU.S.Route169,whiedthemaierset.AblocksouthoftheTexa,shesawHarryrollingawayfromthepumps,windshielding,andoutontotheroadaheadofthe
&umbroughtthemuprightbehindtheoldpidsittinghighintheFord,shecouldseeablacktarpauliightinthebaingasuitdguitarcasewedgedihesparetirelyingflat.Thebadoattered,butpartofhisheadwasvisible.Heleaogetsomethingfromtheglovebox;eightdaysagohe’ddoandhisarmhadbrushedacr.Aweekagoshe’dbeeninDesMoinesbuyingapinkdress.
“Thattrugwayfromhome,”
remarkedRichard.“WashingtonState.Lookslikeawit;longhair,anyway.Ohought,I’llbetit’sthatphotographertheybeentalkin’aboutatthecafe.”
TheyfollowedRobertKincaidafewbloorthtowhere169ih92ruawasafour-,withheavycrosstraffialldireplicatedbytherainandthefog,whichhadgottenheavier.
Formaybetweheysatthere.Heahead,onlythirtyfeetfromher.Shecouldstilldoit.Getoutandrunthtdoor,overtheknapsaddtripods.
&KincaidhaddrivenawayfromherlastFriday,sherealized,inspiteofhowmuchshethoughtshe’dthen,shehadhelessbadlyuedherfeelings.Thatdidn’tseempossible,butitwastrue.Shehadbeguandwhathealreadyuood.
Butshesatfrozenbyherrespoaringatthatbadowharderthanshehadeverlookedatanythinginherlife.Hisleftsignallightomenthe’dbegone.RichardwasfiddlingwiththeFord’sradio.
&oseethingsinslowmotion,somecurioustriind.Histurnd...slowly...slowly...hemovedHarryierse—shecouldvisualizehislonglegswthedacceleratorandthemushisrightfasheshiftedgears—gleftnowonto92towardcilBluffs,theBlackHills,ahwest...slowly...slowly...theoldpickupd...soslowlyitdthroughtheiion,puttingitshewest.
Squintingthroughtearsandrainandfog,shecouldbarelymakeoutthefadedredpaintonthedoor:“KincaidPhotography—Bellingham,Washington.”
Hehadloweredhiswindowtohelphimgetthroughthebadvisibilityasheturhedshecouldseehishairblowioacceleratedown92,headi,rollingupthewindowashedrove.
“Oh,Christ—oh,JesusChristAlmighty...no!”
Thewordswereinsideofher.“Iwaswro,Iwaswrongtostay...butI’tgo....Letmetellyouagain...whyI’tgo....TellmeagainwhyIshouldgo.”
Andsheheardhisvoiingbathehighway.“Inauniverseofambiguity,thiskiyesonlyoneveragain,nomatterhowmaimesyoulive.”
Richardtookthetruckacrosstheiionheadingnorth.ShelookedforaninstantpasthisfacetowardHarry’sredtaillightsmovingoffintothefogandrain.TheoldChevypiallbesideahugesemitrailerrigri,sprayingawaveofroadwateroverthelastcowboy.
“Good-bye,RobertKincaid,”
shewhispered,aoly.
Richardlookedoverather.“What’swrong,Frannie?Willyoupleasetellmeithyou?”
“Richard,Ijustomyself.I’llbeallrighties.”
Riedintheockreports,lookedoverather,andshookhishead.
&herthefollowirue(T)orfalse(F).
1)FrancescaavoidedgoingintotownbecauseshewasafraidthatRobertKincaidmighttakehera>
2)OnTuesdayFrandRittotowher.()
&daysagoFraogetherwithRobertKincaid.()
4)RobertKincaidwasalocalresideown.()
5)AfterRobertKiher,FrancescarealizedshehaduedherloveforRobert.()
6)FrancescachoseherloveforRobertoverherrespohefamily.()
7)RobertKincaidhotographer.()
8)RichardwasawareofthethoughtsweighingonFrancesd.()
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