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THE STONE ARROW
Richard Herley
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THE STONE ARROW
Copyright (c) Richard Herley 1978
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First published by Peter Davies Ltd, London, 1978
Revised for electronic publication, 2008
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THE STONE ARROW
Tagart came out of the woods and stood facing the broad downhill sweep of the cereal field. The feeling of openness seemed strange and sudden after the embrace of the trees; he sniffed at the smell of the evening, almost cloudless now after the storm, a soft wind coming off the sea, bending the stunted ears of barley, fluttering the leaves of hazel and whitebeam.
A hundred yards away the labourer stood upright and leaned on the handle of his mattock. He had only just become aware of another's presence; yet Tagart had heard the man at work minutes ago, from the depths of the