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           Crandallbroughtbackthekeys,butbythenLouisfoundhisset.Therewasaspaceatthetopoftheglovecompartment,andthesmallenvelopehadslippeddownintothewiring.Hefisheditoutandletthemoversin.Crandallgavehimtheextraset.Theywereonanold,tarnishedfob.Louisthankedhimandslippedthemabsentlyintohispocket,watchingthemoverstakeinboxesanddressersandbureausandalltheotherthingstheyhadcollectedoverthetenyearsoftheirmarriage.Seeingthemthisway,outoftheiraccustomedplaces,diminishedthem.Justabunchofstuffinboxes,hethought,andsuddenlyhefeltsadanddepressedheguessedhewasfeelingwhatpeoplecalledhomesickness.

           "Uprootedandtransplanted,"Crandallsaid,suddenlybesidehim,andLouisjumpedalittle.

           "Yousoundlikeyouknowthefeeling,"hesaid.

           "No,actuallyIdon’t."Crandalllitacigarettepop!wentthematch,flaringbrightlyinthefirstearlyeveningshadows."Mydadbuiltthathouseacrosstheway.Broughthiswifethere,andshewastakenwithchildthere,andthatchildwasme,bornintheveryyear1900."

           "Thatmakesyou"

           "Eighty-three,"Crandallsaid,andLouiswasmildlyrelievedthathedidn’taddyearsyoung,aphrasehecordiallydetested.

           "Youlookalotyoungerthanthat."

           Crandallshrugged."Anyway,I’vealwayslivedthere.IjoinedupwhenwefoughttheGreatWar,buttheclosestIgottoEuropewasBayonne,NewJersey.

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