\" This master file produces text suitable for a 5.25"x8" paperback. .ds CH \" turn off page numbering (top) .nr HM 1i \" header margin .nr FM 1i \" footer margin .nr LL 3.4i \" line length .pl 8i \" page length .po .87i \" page offset (from left) .nr PS 8 \" font point size \" .kern \" pairwise kerning (groff only) .hy 14 \" automatic hyphenation \" .nr VS 24 \" double space .fp 1 R GA \" URW Garamond .fp 2 I GI .fp 3 B GM .fp 4 BI GMI .fp 5 CW H \" Helvetica .\" The following is a short troff macro for creating drop caps. .\" Its first argument is the string to be dropped, .\" and its second (optional) argument is the number of lines to be .\" spanned (2, 3, 4, or 5; default=2). .\" .\" Written by Robert Marks, bobm@agsm.edu.au -- Version 1.2, Feb 14, 1988 .\" .de In \"DC macro -- indent revert, trap turned off 'in .wh \\n(v2u .. .de DC \"Drop Cap to the next line. .br .nr nL 2 . if "\\$2"3" .nr nL 3 . if "\\$2"4" .nr nL 4 . if "\\$2"5" .nr nL 5 .nr fS \\n(.s .nr pS (\\n(nL*\\n(.L*\\n(.v/10)+(35*\\n(fS*(3*\\n(nL-4)/200)+1 .ie \\n(pS>99 \{\ . tm The drop cap on line \\n(c. of file \\n(.F is too large -- . tm (\\n(pS > 99), ... so this drop cap has been abandoned. \\$1\c\} .el \{\ . ne \\n(nL \& . mk hH . nr v2 (\\n(nL*\\n(.L*\\n(.v)+\\n(hH . nr vV \\n(.L*(\\n(nL-2) . sp \\n(vV . ie \\n(pS>36 \{\s(\\n(pS\\$1\s\\n(fS . nr hS \w'\s(\\n(pS\\$1\s\\n(fS\\^'\} . el \{\s\\n(pS\\$1\s\\n(fS . nr hS \w'\s\\n(pS\\$1\s\\n(fS\\^'\} . in +\\n(hSu . sp |\\n(hHu . wh \\n(v2u In\} .. .LP \& .so 0000.ms \" Thrice Great Hermes .bp .so indicia.ms .bp .so 0002.ms \" Thrice Great Hermes .bp .LP \" blank page \& .bp .so 0100.ms \" i. .bp .LP \" blank page \& .bp .ds CF [%] \" first numbered page (bottom) .so 0101.ms \" no one else in town had a phone .so 0102.ms \" the shadow of the water tower concealed nothing .so 0103.ms \" tires crunched on pale gravel .so 0104.ms \" vidya just didn't care .so 0105.ms \" the ridiculous truck destroyed the tree .so 0106.ms \" "fishtailed," explained vidya .so 0107.ms \" vidya ate his snack .so 0108.ms \" he completely forgot about it .so 0109.ms \" atop the water tower there were fewer interruptions .so 0110.ms \" shapes moved in the back of vidya's mind .so 0111.ms \" there would be no further harassment from sl .so 0112.ms \" well, he had seen better mornings .so 0113.ms \" it was unusual for him to climb the water tower this late at night .so 0114.ms \" no school .bp .so 0115.ms \" SORRY, I COULDN'T RESIST .bp .so 0116.ms \" sl filled in the blanks .so 0117.ms \" vidya tore the page out of his notebook .bp .so 0118.ms \" WELTSTADT .bp .so 0119.ms \" whatever happened to just wearing the mask .so 0120.ms \" no, vidya would not abide being investigated .so 0121.ms \" clothes hangers .so 0122.ms \" vidya remembered grade school .so 0123.ms \" thwack .so 0124.ms \" into the woods .so 0125.ms \" if you have the opporunity, do it .so 0126.ms \" mother had been born here .bp .so 0127.ms \" S.O.M.L. .bp .so 0128.ms \" no radio in the truck was a blessing .so 0129.ms \" whatever, he thought he could hear the ups truck .so 0130.ms \" psychic interference .so 0131.ms \" there were other places .so 0132.ms \" sl was gone .bp .so 0133.ms \" the gateless gate .bp .so 0134.ms \" raymond was concerned for the boy .so 0135.ms \" the next day .so 0136.ms \" the abandoned structure had burned to the ground .so 0137.ms \" vidya lost his job .so 0138.ms \" taking up his assigned seat .so 0139.ms \" vidya wanted a cigarette .so 0140.ms \" all of this gray tracking across his forest like smoke .so 0141.ms \" every so often sl would grow tired of moving slowly .so 0142.ms \" no one would understand about the phone .bp .so 0143.ms \" THE ABANDONMENT OF CRUELTY .bp .so 0144.ms \" one day your mind may fade .bp .so 0145.ms \" this is my story of what happened .bp .ds CF \" turn off page numbering .so 0200.ms \" ii. .bp .ds CF \" turn off page numbering .LP \" blank page \& .bp .ds CF [%] \" resume page numbering .so 0201.ms \" etienne stood by the window .so 0202.ms \" grandpa died .so 0203.ms \" the best of you is hidden .so 0204.ms \" etienne sank slowly into his bath .bp .so 0205.ms \" INTERNAL SEPTEMBER .bp .so 0206.ms \" vague .so 0207.ms \" low bandwidth .so 0208.ms \" the film had made some kind of impression .so 0209.ms \" etienne awoke to find he had been transformed into a real human .so 0210.ms \" a surplus had been declared .so 0211.ms \" most of it was automated .bp .so 0212.ms \" FORM FIELD .bp .so 0213.ms \" nothing could change the fact that he was tired .so 0214.ms \" the gods had pursued etienne from childhood .so 0215.ms \" "not so fast," sl said, sarcastically .so 0216.ms \" disk and executive monitor .so 0217.ms \" etienne had thought he was alone in the central office .bp .so 0218.ms \" EVERYTHING IS TRUE, NOTHING IS DELETED .bp .so 0219.ms \" does any part of you want to do this? 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