| Ch. 46. Swen Anderson recovers from being thrown down a mountainside but not from his heart ailment. Hobbling around in intense pain, he interrupts Sam's raid on haven number four to ask Sid, who is inside the haven and the closest thing the town has to a doctor, to listen to his heart. The bargaining between Swen and Sid, two villagers who have known each other for years but no longer trust each other, is very funny. Swen tells the kvetching Sam to get lost, but before Sid will examine the ailing Swede's heart, he insists that Swen be staked down to the ground by several villagers. As the final stake is going in the ground, Swen panics and pulls them all out. The townspeople rush back into the haven, and Swen tells Sid that the next time he sees him he's going to "dreen" him.
Ch. 47. Sugie has taken too long doing his chores and Jared enters the cabin in the fading light. Knowing his time has come, Sugie chastises the Lamprou for his lifelong abuse of Clint. In his fear and panic, the old man recognizes familiar chest pains, and begins heaving furniture at Jared to bring on a heart attack. He keels over dead, thwarting Jared's plan to turn him into a Lamprou. Jared is angry and savagely beats the corpse, thinking: "Death isn't ugly enough. It must be added to."
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Ch. 47. Sugie has taken too long doing his chores and Jared enters the cabin in the fading light. Knowing his time has come, Sugie chastises the Lamprou for his lifelong abuse of Clint. In his fear and panic, the old man recognizes familiar chest pains, and begins heaving furniture at Jared to bring on a heart attack. He keels over dead, thwarting Jared's plan to turn him into a Lamprou. Jared is angry and savagely beats the corpse, thinking: "Death isn't ugly enough. It must be added to."
- tom moody 5-25-2002 8:58 am