Regatta At Argenteuil

Regatta At Argenteuil
Rembrandt Biblical Scene
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Return of the Prodigal Son
Presently the dusty, unpaved streets were quiet, deserted. Sandflies buzzedlazily in the cracked eaves of pourstone building. A dog barked in the distance, thesole sign of habitation until a lone old woman appeared and started across the street.Her metallic sun shawl was pulled tight around her. Something made her look up, tired eyes squinting into the distance. The soundsuddenly leaped in volume as a shining rectangular shape came roaring around a farcorner. Her eyes popped as the vehicle bore down on her, showing no sign ofaltering its path. She had to scramble to get out of its way. Panting and waving an angry fist after the landspeeder, she raised her voice overthe sound of its passage. "Won't you kids ever learn to slow down!" Luke might have seen her, but he certainly didn't hear her. In both cases hisattention was focused elsewhere as he pulled up behind a low, long concrete station.Various coils and rods jutted from its top and sides. Tatooine's relentless sand wavesbroke in frozen yellow spume against the station's walls. No one had bothered toclear them away. There was no point. They would only return again the followingday. Luke slammed the front door aside and shouted, "Hey!" A rugged young man in mechanic's dress sat sprawled in a chair behind the