The next morning found Siana outside the little cafe in the light of false dawn. She’d beat Gladys here and she’d been half convinced that no matter how early she’d gotten here she would find Gladys waiting for her. She was half convinced that the woman didn’t sleep, but as Siana shivered in the light of false dawn she realized that she was being silly, and that Gladys was just as human as the rest of them were.

Gladys wandered up as the sun was cresting the horizon, ...