“Mystery lights” I whispered, watching an ambulance race to the accident, the sounds of the sirens reaching all the way up the mountain. Secretly in awe of Coopers philosophical moment.
This caught the eyeofNorthCarolinarestaurantowner Doris McClellan, who invitesJeremyto bucolicBooneCreek to scoop the story of eeriemystery lightsappearingin an ancient cemetery.
Whether the hat he pulled low over his face protects his eyes from stage lights or merely adds to his aura of mystery and eccentricity is anybody's guess.
Sophia also left (as planned, no mystery there), which is very sad, but she was on the lights-and-sound desk, so Anne-Marie (who is now in the opening dance) has to alternate with Brian on lights.