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off. Annie'll be ten this fall and Dabs eight. But you say they're happy ? DANNY

Aye, man, they be happy. JIM

Turning.

And what's this about Lu, Danny. How did she get mixed into this ? DANNY

I dinna ken, Jim, till the word comes tae ye.

Wait, man, till I lay them oot aince mair. Jim fills a dipper from a pail beside the tent and drinks, while Danny turns the cards. Suddenly he starts.

It be Lu again,, Jim. Man, there be trouble somewhaur ! JIM

Trouble !

The dipper slips from his hand, there is a clank of metal and he crosses to Danny. What does it say, Danny ? DANNY

It says a word be a-comin' tae ye, Jim. Rises in fear. But I canna' read what it micht be and I'm nae

hand at hearin' voices as some of them be. Troubled.

Man, will ye no turn in ?