Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Edward Hopper Railroad Train

Edward Hopper Railroad TrainEdward Hopper New York OfficeEdward Hopper Morning in a City
'There's an old log over there,' she said conversationally. 'There's quite a good view across the valley. In the summertime, of course. I should like to sit down.'
Mort to move on. I reckon it's about time I tried something else. Did he tell you magical folk can see him all the time?'
'No,' said Mort, inaccurately.
'Well, we can.'
'He doesn't like wizards and witches much,' Mort volunteered.
'Nobody likes a smartass,' she said with some satisfaction. 'We give him trouble, you see. Priests don't, so he likes priests.'
'He's never said,' said Mort.helped her through the drifts and brushed as much snow as possible off the wood. They sat down with the hourglass between them. Whatever the view might have been in the summer, it now consisted of black rocks against a sky from which little flakes of snow were now tumbling.'I can't believe all this,' said Mort. 'I mean you sound as if you want to die.''There's some things I shall miss,' she said. 'But it gets thin, to. You can't trust your own body any more, and it's time

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