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"You found her by herself, then?"

"Yes, ma'am I hope her brother wasn't out there with her," he said "No one could survive that," he added

"It wasn't her brother," she said "She was naked when you found her?"

"Yes, ma'am"

"Disgusting," she muttered

I was still so cold I couldn'theavily,She drew closer

"What were you doing out there, girl?" she de at me with cold eyes of steel

I couldn't talk; I couldn't even shake my head

"So

"I'll get a search party up after this dies down," Karl Hansen said

The old woman spun around

"You'll do nothing of the kind, Karl," she snapped at him "You won't mention a word of this"

"Butsurely, there was soan"

"I know there was someone else I'm sure he was naked, too," she added disdainfully "It's not so at ht in some sinful act"

"What sinful act?" I wanted to say, but I couldn't