Only practice, the dark man in a straw hat claims when Consuelo comes in -- but the air's quick with friction and calloused hands on hemp. Brisk trade of men's voices: Lucky break. Know how to make these loops meet? A limber wrist, I think, might save a small girl from a snowbank. Of the six, only one dressed like he just left the mountain. Consuelo touches his curled beard. It's him who's woven her name into a steady blue length. |