He said, “No when I talk in a fit or what Im saying now that dont mean nothing thats jus only the outers of it. It never comes the woal thing realy without the all of us gethering. Weare jus like scattert peaces of a broakin pot them peaces wont hol water without theyre gethert nexy and glewt ferm in the shape of holding dont you see. I cant make the shape of holding oansome.”
I said, “What is that fit you get is it some thing coming in to you and you going out of your self?”
He said, “Im mosly out of my self Im mosly elser lissening like I do. Thats what brings on the fit some times Iwl lissen some thing in too strong then the vy brations of it move in on my emty space and I have to sturgl back to my connexion.”
I dont know for cern what put it in my mynd then may be it wer the word
I said, “Whatre you crying about?”
He said, “Im crying for what ben Im crying for whats going to be.”
I said, “Whats the use of that?”
He said, “Whats the use of not?”
I said, “May be it dont have to be.”
He dint say nothing he jus let my words littl off and dwindl stupid on the air. The black dog bumpt agenst my leg like he wer showing me at leas his part of the dark wer frendy. I said, “I wunner where they gone them 2 boys of Eusas?” Lissener sung:
I said, “Whats that then? I never heard that song is it about Eusas boys?”
He said, “I dont know what it is its jus a bit of a old song nor I dont even know the res of it.”
I said, “Did you ever hear any story of Eusas boys tho?”
He said, “No I never. Whats the diffrents any how it wunt help us nothing knowing what be come of them.”
I said, “Why do we have to go to Cambry why do we have to go for that gethering?”
He said, “What else is there to do? Wait for Goodparley to close his han on us?”
I said, “It dont look like there ben no foller on us parbly he dont have the leas idear where we are.”
He said, “Thats what Mr Mouse said jus befor he be come owls meat.”
I said, “You lissen hes on to us then?”
He said, “Thats what I ben lissening for a wyl now.”
I said, “Since when?”
He said, “I aint sure only it wer some time after I had the fit.”
Then I membert that smel back at Rose & Power and it come to me what it ben. If that dog pong hadnt ben so hevvy over it Iwdve knowit right off. Partly it ben that wax they dip hard clof in to keap the rain out and partly it ben hash smoak and sweat and mud and meat smoak and torch smoak and beer. What it ben wer Goodparley & Orfing with ther fit up. They cudve ben there befor us they cudve gone a head to Fork Stoan thatwd be like Goodparley to suss which way wewd jump. I said to Lissener, “You think theyre in front of us or behynt?”
He said, “I lissen them in front.”
I said, “Whynt you say nothing befor this?”
He said, “What diffrents does it make? Be they follering behynt or leading on a head weare going where weare going any how aint we.”
I said, “Even if they ben right on our backs they cudntve seen us take them stoans off that dead bloak. At leas they dont know nothing about that.”
He said, “If I have any Luck gethering in Cambry theywl know soon a nuff.”
Thats when it come to me what them hevvys roun the fire ben talking about. I said, “Belnot Phist.”
He said, “What Belnot Phist?”
I said, “Thats the littl witey bloak them hevvys ben talking about wylst you ben lissening the boat and the stoans.”
He said, “What about him?”
Which I tol him then how Phist wer coming the do it man at Widders Dump plus I myndit him what them hevvys said about him being Goodparleys boy and ben throwt over and how his dad ben 1 Stoan Phist and parbly past on knowing. I said, “It wunt sneak me if hes got knowing hewl use agenst Goodparley nor it wunt sneak me if Belnot Phist is out to be Belnot Goodparley.”
He said, “Iwl give odds youve sust that right and you know what the nex thing is.”
I said, “What?”
He said, “Split up and dubbl our chances. Iwl go on to Cambry with ½ the stoans and gether how ever I can. May be Goodparleys waiting there may be not. May be I can work some thing with them stoans its a chance any how. You go to Belnot Phist with the other ½ and see if you can put some thing to gether with him. If hes Goodparleys nemminy he cud wel be our frend.”
