"i was dreaming again" stu said. "not the old woman, the other one. The dark man. I was scared, so i..." "stop it," i said, frightened by the look on his face. "say what you mean, please." "it's Perion. The veronal. She got the veronal out of glen's pack. " i hissed in breath. "oh, boy," stu said brokenly. "she's dead, frannie. Oh lord, aint this some mess" I tried to speak, but found that i could not"...