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@@@@@But the most important thing is that Perse's down thereAnd the reason I think it's a cistern is-" "Elizabeth would have insisted on making sure the bitch was in a watery grave," Wireman said grimly vi Charley was heavy, and the boards covering the hole in the high grass were more rotten than the steps of the ladderOf course they were; unlike 1057 the ladder, the wooden cap had been directly exposed to the elementsWe worked carefully in spite of the thickening shadows, not knowing how deep it was beneathAt last I was able to push the troublesome jockey far enough to one side so that Wireman and Jack could grab the slightly cocked blue legsI stepped onto the rotted wooden cap in doing so; someone had to, and I was the lightestIt bent under my weight, gave out a long, warning groan, puffed up sour air "Get off it, Edgar!" Wireman yelled, and at the same instant Jack cried, "Grab it, oh whore, it's gonna fall through!" They seized Charley as I stepped off the sagging cap, Wireman around the bent knees and Jack around the waistFor a moment I thought it was going to drop through anyway, dragging them both along Then they gave a combined shout of effort and tumbled over backward with the lawn jockey on top of themIts grinning face and red cap were covered with huge lumbering beetlesSeveral dropped off onto Jack's straining face, and one fell directly into Wireman's mouthHe screamed, spat it out, and leaped to his feet, still 1058 spitting and rubbing his lipsJack was beside him a moment later, dancing around him in a circle and brushing the bugs off his shirt "Water!" Wireman bellowed"Gimme the water, one of em got in my mouth, I could feel it crawling on my fucking tongue!" "No water," I said, rummaging in the considerably depleted bagNow on my knees, I could smell the air rising through the ragged hole in the cap far better than I wanted toIt was like air from a newly breached tombWhich, of course, it was "Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, Pepsi," Jack said I handed Wireman a can of sodaHe stared at it unbelievingly for a moment, then raked back the pull tabHe took a mouthful, spat it out in a brown and foamy spray, took another, then spat that one outThe rest of the can he drank in four long swallo