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           Hadn’thethoughttohimselfyesterdayeveningthatChurchlookedremarkablywholeandunmarkedforananimalthathadbeenstruckbyacar?

           Thinkofallthewoodchucksandcatsanddogsyou’veseenstrewnalloverthehighway,hethought,theirbodiesburst,theirgutseverywhere.Tech-ni-color,asLoudonWainwrightsaysonthatrecordaboutthedeadskunk.

           Itwasobviousnow.Churchhadbeenstruckhardandstunned.ThecathehadcarrieduptoJud’soldMicmacburyinggroundhadbeenunconscious,notdead.Didn’ttheysaycatshadninelives?ThankGodhehadn’tsaidanythingtoEllie!Shewouldn’teverhavetoknowhowcloseChurchhadcome.

           Thebloodonhismouthandruff...thewayhisneckturned...

           Buthewasadoctor,notavet.Hehadmadeamisdiagnosisthatwasall.Ithadhardlybeenunderthebestcircumstancesforcloseexamination,squattingonJud’slawnintwenty-degreetemperatures,thelightalmostgonefromthesky.Andhehadbeenwearinggloves.Thatcouldhave

           Abloated,misshapenshadowroseonthetiledbathroomwall,liketheheadofasmalldragonorofsomemonstroussnake;somethingtouchedhisbareshoulderlightlyandskidded.Louisjerkedupwardgalvanically,splashingwateroutofthetubandsoakingthebathmat.Heturned,cringingbackatthesametime,andstaredintothemuddyyellow-greeneyesofhisdaughter’scat,whowasperchedontheloweredseatofthetoilet.

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