Sheraton Hotel

and had got scared off by the thing's siren when the alarm's pricey HBT alternate ground kicked in at 300 v. The A.D.A. soothed his wife's sense of violation and uncleanliness. He calmly insisted on sleeping there in their home that very night; no hotel: it was like crucial to get right back on the emotional horse, in cases like this, he insisted. And then the next day the A.D.A. worked out the insurance and reported the shotguns to a buddy at A.T.F.15 and his wife calmed down and life…

comecei a tatear dentro das gavetas. Em algum lugar, eu vira velas e fósforos; a queda da energia elétrica era uma ocorrência tão freqüente nas Highlands que as velas constituíam um suprimento indispensável em todos os quartos de hotéis e hospedarias. Eu as vira até mesmo nos hotéis mais elegantes, onde eram perfumadas com madressilvas e apresentadas em castiçais de vidro fosco com pingentes brilhantes. As velas da sra. Baird eram bem mais utilitárias — velas brancas comuns —, mas havia…