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'World's full of them,' Powys said. 'Crybbe'll always attract them, and sometimes it'll manufacture its own.'
'We can't just leave it.'
'We bloody can.'
'Yes,' Fay said. 'I suppose we can.'
And she turned her back on the town, albeit with an uncomfortable feeling that one day they might feel they had to come back.
They got into the car. They were going to Titley, to Henry Kettle's cottage, which Joe had said was the best sanctuary he could think of. For a few weeks at least, he said, there'd be danger of residual nasties from Crybbe clinging to them. Grace type things.
Fay said, 'Can we handle that?'
'Count on it,' Joe Powys said grimly.
From the back seat, Rasputin the cat mewed in protest at his confinement in the laundry basket.
Fay said, 'When you said you, er, needed me . . . what did you mean exactly?'
'I don't know. It just came out. Heat of the moment.'
He turned on the engine.
'However . . Joe said, looking straight ahead through the windscreen. 'I know what I'd mean if I were to say it now.'
Fay smiled. 'What did the police say to you?'
'They said, "Don't leave town." '
Joe Powys grinned and floored the accelerator.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
PROLOGUE
PART ONE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
PART TWO
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
PART THREE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
PART FOUR
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
Chapter III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
PART FIVE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
PART SIX
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
PART SEVEN
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
PART EIGHT
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
PART NINE
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
Phil Rickman, Crybbe
