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Ethan knocked
"Enter"
"Open the door, Sheriff"
There was noin this i door Ethan opened it and stepped into a library that held books floor to ceiling on all four of its walls It enty feet deep, and against the back wall there was a largea white robe belted at the waist with a gold-link chain He was a fine-lookingblue, eyes that pinned you He held a small pistol in his hand
Joanna wanted to tell him he looked ridiculous, but the truth was he didn’t He looked like a biblical prophet She saw a strange pendant hanging froh to see what it was
Ethan said, "Caldicot Whistler, I presuant hand, an artist’s hand, long-fingered and graceful If Ethan wasn’t mistaken, it was a Colt-style 1911 45 semiautomatic airateful
"Blessed toldtheain"
Kjell gave Whistler a slight bow and left the roo the door behind him
Whistler stepped froh for Ethan todown at Autu ainst Joanna’s side
"Her nanored her "I did not know if Blessed would e it He is immensely powerful, but there were obviously problems for him this time, and so the two of you are here with her"
Ethan said, "Did Blessed tell you that Grace is dead?"
Whistler paled "Yes," he whispered "Blessed gave s it up, Sheriff? You kill a great man, and you think to mock me with it?"
"If I indeed killed him, I have no memory of it, since Blessed had stymied both me and Joanna"
Whistler closed his eyes an instant, then stared again at Ethan "Blessed was so upset he ran to see the Father with the news I knew Blessed was shot in the shoulder by that FBI agent, but this--it is too terrible"