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УTell me,Ф said the water voice, Уwhat you have found.Ф

The deep voice replied. УThere is a woman who will do, I think.Ф

When water hits a hot griddle, it sizzles; the water-voice sounded
like that. УYou are our eyes and legs in this, Dog. That should not
interfere with your tongue. Tell me!Ф

A low, growling laugh, then: УShe makes music, the kind that
moves heart and body. In another time, we would have found her
long before, for that alone. We grow fat and slow in this easy life,Ф
the rough voice said, as if it meant to say something very different.

The water made a fierce sound, but the rough voice laughed again,
and went on. УShe is like flowering moss, delicate and fair, but
proof against frosts and trampling feet. Her hair is the color of an
elm leaf before it falls, her eyes the gray of the storm that brings it
down. She does not offend the eye. She seems strong enough,
and I think she is clever. Shall I bring her to show to you?Ф

УCan you?Ф

УBТlieve I can. But we should rather askЧwill she do what sheТs to
do?Ф

The water-voiceТs laughter was like sleet on a window. УWith all the
Court against her if she refuses? Oh, if we fancy her, Dog, sheТll
do. Pity her if she tries to stand against us.Ф

And the rough voice said quietly, УI shall.Ф
chapter 1 Ц Another Magic Moment in Showbiz





The University Bar was not, in the grand scheme of the city, close
to the university. Nor was its clientele collegiate. They worked the
assembly lines and warehouses, and wanted unнcomplicated
entertainment. The club boasted a jukebox stocked by the rental
company and two old arcade games. It was small and smoky and
smelled vaguely bad. But InKline Plain, the most misspelled band
in Minneapolis, was there, playing the first night of a two-night gig
with a sort of weary desperation. The promise of fifty dollars per
band member kept them going; it was more than theyТd made last
week.

Eddi McCandry stared bleakly at the dim little stage with its red-
and-black flocked wallpaper. The bandТs equipment threatened to