title: A Big Storm Knocked It over
author:  Laurie Colwin 
description: An enchanting novel about motherhood and marriage by the late author of Happy All the Time . <br />Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  Tiger’s Eye
  
  Karen Robards
  
  I
  
  Thunder crashed. A great jagged bolt of lightning split the sky, its brilliant
  white light illuminating the muddy road ahead for no more than a few seconds.
  Still, it was time enough to reveal five ominous horsed figures leaping from
  the copse of oaks at the road's bend to gallop furiously toward the oncoming
  coach.
  
  "Stand and deliver!"
  
  The terrifying cry, hurtled from the storm-tossed night, put the final, dismal
  cap on what had been, for all four occupants of the coach, a most harrowing
  day. Even as four pairs of eyes widened, and four spines straightened, the
  command was punctuated by a musket blast. The crested brougham swayed
  violently as Will Coachman, caught by surprise as he all but dozed on the high
  seat, snapped upright, his hands tightening reflexively on the reins. Beside
  him Jonas, the young groom pressed into service as outrider for this odd start
  of 