Andrew Mowatt

Severed Branch Andrew Mowatt

Upon hearing her words, ?the Somme?, Gordon looked at her with wide eyes. He realized that he had just begun to solve a piece of his personal puzzle. ?Anna, can I ask you to translate something that might be French, or might be nonsense? Just humor me.? ?What do you want me to translate?? ?OK, if I say to you, Ill reposing sir le Somme, does it have any meaning?? After listening to his short phrase she replied, ?Hmmm, yes. Your American accent aside, I think you are saying ?they rest on the Somme?, in French.? Later, as the train moved south, Gordon asked, ?Anna, if your parents don?t mind, I?d like to make a few more visits. I feel there is something in those fields back there, something hidden for me to find.? ?That?s a strange thing to say, Gordon. Something hidden? Like what?? ?I don?t know. But something?special??