"You might as well come on out and talk to me,...
"You might as well come on out and talk to me, because I'm going to
stand right here freezing to death until you doThe baby, too, if
that matters to you She waited confidentlyThe woman who had
brought Cat into the world would never let her be exposed for long to
the cold damp in the shadow of the towerCat's eyes left Scarlett's
face to move from side to side as if she were looking for somethingA
few minutes later Scarlett heard a rustling in the thick growth of
holly bushes to her rightThe wise woman stepped out between two
of
them"This way," she said, and stepped back
There louis vuitton epi bag was a path, Scarlett saw when she got nearShe'd never have
found it if the wise woman hadn't held back the spiny holly branches
with one of her shawlsScarlett followed the path until it
disappeared in a grove of low-branched trees"I give up," she said,
"where to now?" There was a rusty laugh behind her"This way,"
said
the wise womanShe walked around Scarlett and bent low under the
branchesScarlett did the sameAfter a few steps she could
straightenThe clearing in the center of the grove held a small mud
hut thatched with reedsA thin plume of gray smoke curled upward
from
its rolex wrist watches chimney"Come in," said the woman
"She's
a fine child," said the wise womanShe had examined every aspect of
Cat's body, down to the nails on her smallest toes"What have you
named her?"
"Katie Colum O'Hara It was only the second time Scarlett had
spoken
Once inside the door, she'd begun thanking the wise woman for what
she'd done, but the woman had stopped her"Let me have the babe,"
she'd said, hands outstretchedScarlett had passed Cat over at once,
then kept silent during the detailed examination"'Katie Colum,'" the
woman repeated 'Tis a weak soft sound for this strong childHer rough black gucci bags voice made the Gaelic
name
sound like a challengeScarlett shifted on her stoolShe didn't
know how she should replyThe woman wrapped Cat in her napkin
and
blanketsThen she lifted her and whispered so quietly in her little
ear that Scarlett couldn't hear, even though she strained for the
wordsCat's fingers caught hold of Grainne's hairThe wise woman
held Cat against her shoulder"You would not have understood even
if
you had heard, O'HaraI spoke in the old IrishYou have heard that I know magic as well as herbs
Scarlett admitted she hadI have some knowledge of
the old words and the rolex datejust oyster old ways, but I do not say they are magicI
look and I listen and I learnTo some it may be like magic that
another sees, where he is blind, or hears, when he is deafIt lies
largely in the believingDo not hope that I can do magic for you
"I never said I came here for that
"Only to speak thanks? Is that the all of it?"
"Yes, it is, and now I've done it and I must go before I'm missed at
the house
"I ask your forgiveness," the wise woman said"There are few feel
thankful when I enter their lives
I wonder you don't feel anger at what I did to your body
"You saved my life and my dolce & gabbana stripe handbags baby's