12/12 They have found the man I killed, sailor! I did not throw him into the sea; I brought him and set his head up against the door of his house. They have found him." Another lantern floats by, swinging from side to side. As if hearing the alarm, the organ breaks off at a high chord. An instant of silence, emptiness of dread waiting, and then a woman's sob of despair fills it up to the brim. |