he gave her a look of pure hatred , turned and walked out of the room , leaving julia trembling and no wiser about the events that had occurred in her great uncle 's time than before . yet why had wyatt spoken of gerald hamilton as if he was privy to secrets of the past ? well , she would certainly speak to gerald and that would be a great deal pleasanter than having to deal with wyatt

after the meal , he escorted her down the street to a play at one of the experimental theatre companies . they watched a wonderful performance that made the audience laugh and cry and sigh with jubilation at the ending . all except dharran who watched politely throughout it all , clapping at appropriate times , smiling when the audience laughed but no other emotion . over coffee at a nearby restaurant , she asked him about the performance

guess i 'd better go find out . '' jake walked down the hall to the living room and noticed his uncle had answered the door . '' sure thing , come on in , '' he was saying . a moment later , greg danes stepped inside , along with a dog -- a beautiful black labrador . '' sit down , boy , '' he directed his dog , then looked up and saw jake

'' that , my friend , is up to you , '' he finally said . '' let 's just keep it between the two of us for now . at least until we know more about it , '' i replied . '' agreed . now i would like to test a theory if you do n't mind . '' '' what theory ? '' i did n't like that he used the words '' test '' and ''
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