It was almost too dark to see. She could make out a couple of men standing at the bar though, and she could tell it was Shorty serving them drinks.“What’s happened here?” she asked. “There’s no light.”“Virginia!” Shorty said as he set down the bottle he held and walked around the bar, heading toward her. “What are you doing here?”“I just wanted to talk to Lester. Is he in back?”“He’s trying to find another can of kerosene,” Shorty said. “I keep telling him there was only the one and it—well, it’s empty.”“The lanterns are dry?”Shorty nodded and lowered his voice. “I don’t think he knew it was the last can when he—Well, Petey said you don’t believe it was him that did it, but—”Shorty looked behind his shoulder into the dim room. “I think I hear him coming out.”“I’ll just sit over here,” Virginia said as she pointed to a table. No one was sitting at any of the tables so it would be quiet.“Petey said you were asking about some letters.”
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