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To the east, the rising full moon was hidden behind a scrim of clouds. Jonas raised his hand, looked at the blue coffin tattooed there for a second, then turned and called for Quint. k, with always the possibility of a healthy kick in the slats to relieve the boredom and bring a girl back to reality. This was the first one, except for the few kept in Seafront, that Jonas had seen since coming to Mejis.

”CHAPTER FOURRoland and Cuthbert1Roland, Cuthbert, and Alain came out onto the porch of the Bar K bunkhouse almost two hours after Jonas had left Coral’s room at the Travellers’ Rest. On the route-map, the green dot was now no more than a finger’s width from Topeka. ”She crossed to the desk and ran her fingers along its surface, leaving trails of dust. He didn’t mind the smell; on the whole, it had the stink of pine-gum beat six ways to the Peddler.