hardly a clearing ; no more than a gap in the trees , where a clear spring bubbled from the rock and disappeared again into the earth . i 'm not even sure they know about me . '' you had best learn that if you ever hope to rule . '' quit moaning like an old woman just because youre losing . they knew each others girl friends and were sometime drinking buddies . hed fallen asleep with the picture of his family clutched in his hand . without thinking , he reached out with his thoughts to gently stroke her face . 