His daughter loosened her arm from round him and turned her face toward Kurt.

Then he imagined he saw two blue stars, sweetly, strangely shining upon him.
"Father, it was our friend from the Bend," she said.

"He happened along." Anderson suddenly changed to the cool, smiling man Kurt remembered.
"Howdy, Kurt ?" he said, and crushed Kurt's hand.

"What'd you do to him ?" Kurt made a motion toward the back of the car.

Then Anderson looked over the seats.