The gendarme jumped into his car and sped forward down the road, obviously hoping to cut Paul off from in front.‘Shit!’ Paul cursed, increasing his speed, intent only on getting as far away as possible from his pursuers. He could see a prestigious house at the end of the garden, cheap air max 90 uk
just visible through the bare branches of a tree-lined avenue. Paul realised his best bet was to keep away from the road and he altered his course, racing diagonally across the lawn for a low stone wall bordering the neighbouring garden.He scrambled over it, his breath coming hard and fast in the freezing air, and decided to risk a glance back. Several of the police had scaled the wire mesh fence already and were running hard across the garden directly towards him.The falling snow didn’t help, and even if he could find somewhere to hide, his footprints would be child's play to follow.As Paul's feet pounded across the next garden, cheap air max 90 sneakerboot
the sound of his pumping blood loud in his ears, he tried frantically to think of some kind of plan.Heading towards the town would be suicidal, he realised, as the police would soon have the roads cut off, but going the other direction towards the open countryside didn’t seem to offer much more hope. The second garden was bordered by a higher wall with a steep drop on the other side down to a stream choked with brambles and elder bushes. Paul scrambled over the wall, the cracks between the stones providing easy foot and hand holds and jumped down into the soft earth. He leapt the stream, landing badly with one foot in the water and pulled himself up, his fingers clawing at the icy mud on the opposite bank. Making a rapid decision, Paul dropped back down into the water and splashed his way upstream. At least in the water he’d be obscured from view and leave no trail to follow.The stream was shallow, the water-level staying just below the top of his wellies as it flowed languidly over a bed of flat-stones and he made good progress. He brushed the undergrowth that bent over the stream cheap air max 90 mens
away from his face as he waded along, searching the banks for a hiding place.Suddenly a familiar voice sounded in Paul’s mind.‘Paul,’ it said, ‘remember you must focus. Remember what you have learnt.’About time you turned up, Paul thought, splashing his way onwards. What do you mean by focus anyway?’ he asked.‘Reality is fluid. Embrace that knowledge and let your molecules align with the natural world.’Just ahead, an ancient walnut tree spread across the stream, and grabbing onto the rough bark of an overhanging branch, Paul swung himself up to stand, his back pressed against its trunk.‘They are only human police,’ came the Magur’s voice, ‘you have the power to beat them.’Paul, realising that despite his instincts to keep running, the Magur's advice was worth taking, concentrated on calming his racing heartbeat and trying to find that connection with nature that had been so cheap air max 90 womens
strong the night of his bicycle journey.‘Remember, you, the tree you are holding, the stones beneath your feet, are all just atoms in vibration.’Paul willed himself to focus, feeling a deep calm rising from within him as he did so. He directed his mind towards the tree, asking fervently.‘Please help me ... I need to access you.’