[She can't do much more than blink at him and at the telephone, nodding at his suggestion. Her fingers don't leave the edge of the door until it's in his hands, and she backs up without turning for a few steps.]
There was a statue...
[She remembers that much-- an unfamiliar carving set along the street. She'd turned to look a few steps after passing it and found it too close. And then...
Shuddering, she sits, not bothering to take off the coat.]
☞ But there's nothing there to see, no one in sight
There was a statue...
[She remembers that much-- an unfamiliar carving set along the street. She'd turned to look a few steps after passing it and found it too close. And then...
Shuddering, she sits, not bothering to take off the coat.]
How long was I gone?