If indeed she was gone then the clan was doomed.A small female entered the clan meeting chamber. Looking around she saw the leader sitting at the cent...r of the room. The look of pain was more than apparent on his face. Sighing the female knew she’d have to wait for a while before she could approach the leader. Even with the news she had she dared not try to talk to him in open chamber. She just hoped that the news she had would help to save his daughter and the clan.The leader looked up when he. I should have tied her rope onto me more securely. Ishould have made sure her pivot was secure. You don't know, youweren't there?" It happened Keith, stop blaming yourself." I can't," she sobbed. "Even now I can recall clearly in my mindCynthia falling down the side of the cliff, and see her bodylaying there with her lifeless eyes staring back up at me. Icouldn't even take responsibility for her death; I helped mymother push her into a hole in the ground. I couldn't even giveher a proper burial. "The man held the door open for the woman and shooed her in. "It's all right," he said. "My motivation isn't entirely altruistic, you know." He smiled, feeling like a gentleman."It just seems like such a waste." The woman's face was tight and drawn. There were deep lines around her eyes and mouth that made her look much older than she really was. She wore a look of desperation, and a casual observer would have found it difficult to imagine her with any other. The man could see deeper, however,. I got another hit -- a single -- with nobody out in our eighth, and damned if Tough Shit Williams didn't launch one, putting us ahead to stay, 3-2.I was thrilled to have survived the game errorless at third, and when I talked to Maureen afterward, she reported that Nolan had been thrilled by my early double that had eventually scored our go-ahead run."But he slept through the rest," she said. "We've stopped recording the games at home. It's no use. He's never awake long enough to see a whole.