The Friday 56: 11/12/10

The Friday 56 is hosted by Freda's Voice.  The rules are simple:

*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56.
*Find any sentence that grabs you.
*Post it.
*Link it here.

"I know my running off like that had to scare you, and I wish there had been another way."  ~Hourglass by Claudia Gray