Nicholas had waited for a long time to see Liberty come to his house and today finally the night had arrived. The moon, swinging low in the heavens, cast long, deep shadows far down the trail. Just beside his house was a deep ledge which was deep enough to kill and bury anyone and then leave no trace. The waves of the sea crashed down the bottom of the ledge as if trying to dispose of their anger at the rocks which had grown up jutting out from the middle of the sea. Nicholas had bought this house as a settlement offer from a billionaire who had not been able to pay in cash when his work had been done on the part of Nicholas and his cronies. Well the words cronies should not be used since all of them were his subordinates. He had once come to this house in order to visit the older previous
