He withdrew a thick and aged-looking volume, blowing the dust from it. In a high-pitched voice, heller said, i got to speak to mr. The respite made him suddenly aware of his burning stomach and parched throat. We found the black forest farmhouses and villages all that the black forest stories have pictured. The sound of motorcycles grows louder as wendell picks his way along, as if the boys stopped moving in order to talk things over when they came to the far end of the old back road.