𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟱𝟰𝟴
The ka-tet gather and share all that they have learned. It's a big game of "I know that you know that I know that you know that I know that you know..." between them and the forces behind the Wolves who are set to arrive in just a few days.
But at some point, we are going to have to see some damn Wolves, aren't we? Pages are running out! I finish up Part Three, Ch IV: The Pied Piper in Wolves of the Calla.
“𝘚𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴,” 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥. “𝘕𝘰, 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘴. 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘖𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘢’𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦. 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘳…𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵…𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴. 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴?”
While Father Callahan is busy retrieving a zip code from the fence of the rose's lot, Roland passes the time inspecting the books that Calvin Tower & Eddie Dean had shoved through the door in the cave for safekeeping. I wonder how Roland would've attempted "Moby Dick"?
𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝘏𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵. 𝘖𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘮 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵, 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘴! 𝘐𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨—
𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘬𝘦𝘺. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳?
And we the readers are once again kept in the dark about what he saw and through. Grrrrrrr.
𝘙𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧: 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘵. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦! 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰. 𝘏𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘵𝘰𝘰. 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴.
My bet?
With Roland and Father Callahan walking back to town with the location of Calvin Tower in mind, I end reading for the day having finished off that chapter.
I am now 85% of the way through Wolves of the Calla.
Since it was such a short read today, I pop in this episode from Two Guys to the Dark Tower came where they said,
"There's a lot that happened in this section and there's not been one goddamn wolf!"
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