do you love him Caddy do I what she looked at me then everything emptied out of her eyes and they looked like the eyes in statues blank and unseeing and serene put your hand against my throat she took my hand and held it flat against her throat now say his name Dalton Ames I felt the first surge of blood there it surged in strong accelerating beats say it again her face looked off into the trees where the sun slanted and where the bird say it again Dalton Ames her blood surged steadily beating and beating against my hand
