His other hand was dangling uselessly and he took off his bandana to bind up the holes as it went straight through in a fortunate turn of circumstance.... He emptied his canteen to wash out both sides and then used a little of his spare rotgut to help out. The sting of the stuff was almost as bad as the shock of being shot or at least a close second. He stripped the yahoo of his gunbelt and took the contents of his pockets with him before he rolled him into the ravine at the side of the trail.. Harlen was cautious the whole time to mask the signs of their passing. Finally, she found a small hollow under a large boulder, and they took shelter within. It was barely large enough for the two of them to lie flat and side by side, but neither seemed to mind.Harlen stacked stones in his best guess of the look of random rubble outside the entrance to mask it from all but the closest scrutiny. They then laid within and rested, and spoke softly, at the times when they were both wakeful.Hyandai. Dave waited half an hour not knowing what washappening, was his mother lecturing Alecia? God knows. The door thenopened and Dave's mother came in and said Dave was a disgrace. Davebowed his head, and his mother went on to explain that it was a disgracethat Dave had invited his boyfriend around merely for dirty sex and wasnot treating his boyfriend in the appropriate manner. As she said thisin came Alecia wearing Dave's mother's favourite ball gown, a long pinksequined dress, tight fitting. She assured him that she was not hurt and she pleaded with him to forget what he had seen. I thought at the time that she was referring to the death of our father. We were shortly aboard the Viking ship and out to sea before I was released from my blanket.I found myself surrounded by a group of Rus women. They were all tall and red haired like their men. They looked at me with their green eyes and murmured to each other. I had never seen a Rus woman before and was startled by the fact.