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"To go out on the town"

The voice came back to her She lifted the lamp and slowly rose to her feet She looked into his face, captivated once again by Pitts eyes, while he was taken by her dark red hair that looked like fire under the bright light of the hissing Coleman

"Mr Pittisn't it?" She slipped off her right glove and extended her hand

He also reave her hand a firm squeeze

"I prefer attractive ladies to call me Dirk"

She felt like an e anyif he noticed the calluses on her hand And to

"Lily Sharp," she sta we could thank you for last night I thought you were joking about dinner I really didn't think I'd see you again"

"As you can hear-" he paused and tilted his head toward thewind outside a blizzard couldn't keep me away"

"You must be crazy"

"No, just stupid for thinking I could outrun an Arctic storm"

They both laughed and the tension fell away Lily began to clih Pitt took her arrip

"You shouldn't be on your feet"

Lily samely "Stiff and a little sore from a sea of black-and-blue marks I can't show you, but I'll live"

Pitt held up the lantern and peered around the oddly grouped rocks and excavations "Just what is it you have here?"

"An ancient Eskie, inhabited one hundred to five hundred years after Christ"