Owl commented, "They're about 30 minutes early. That's unusual for a heavily loaded string of trucks. My suspicions are now aroused."Eagle removed the...safeties from the guns and prepared himself to shoot once all of the trucks were visible. He commented, "The lead vehicle is an armored car. What do you make of that?"Hawk said, "This smells like a trap, to me. Owl, get the engine running, just in case of trouble."Owl started the engine just as the trailing armored car came into view. Eagle. It was true what he’d said: Those had been good nights, when they were all young and dangerous and had no idea what kind of pain life could bring. And now she was gone. He groped dumbly for something more to say, but Anne walked right out, and the look she gave him might as well have been a knife in his chest. Stokes followed her and tipped his hat. “Thanks for the grub,” he said, and left.Chann slammed the door. The house seemed particularly dark and empty now. “Fuck,” he said, to no one in. Ethan said, "you really should try to come over in the evening to look at the lamp. If it isn't what you had in mind, we could look in a couple of the new antique catalogs I've just gotten, to see If you could see anything else you might like." Plus, I'm really looking forward to making good on my offer of a nice quiet dinner at one of the outside restaurants and after dinner, a nice stroll along the dimly lit street's of the District, I'm sure you'll find it to be a very romantic way to spend. ’ Abbie’s aunt saw her run into the house and followed. After about 15 minutes she came out walking over to David. I feared what might be said until David smiled a contented smile. He walked to the porch and sat on the steps watching the fire. A few minutes later, Abbie appeared again. She took a seat on the steps about arms length from David. She talked and David listened. Abbie talked more and David paid attention to her every word. He smiled some, showed surprise some, and never took his.