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           JudcalledtheBrookings-SmithMortuaryinBangorandmadeasmanyofthearrangementsashecouldbytelephone;hemadeanappointmenttocomeinthefollowingdayandmaketherest.Yes,hewouldhaveherembalmed;hewantedherinadress,whichhewouldprovide;yes,hewouldpickoutunderwear;no,hedidnotwantthemortuarytosupplythespecialshoeswhichlaceduptheback.Wouldtheyhavesomeonewashherhair?heasked.ShewasheditlastonMondaynight,andsoithadbeendirtywhenshedied.Helistened,andLouis,whoseunclehadbeeninwhatthoseinthebusinesscalled"thequiettrade,"knewtheundertakerwastellingJudthatafinalwashandsetwaspartoftheservicerendered.Judnoddedandthankedthemanhewastalkingto,thenlistenedagain.Yes,hesaid,hewouldhavehercosmeticized,butitwastobealightlyappliedlayer."She’sdeadandpeopleknowit,"hesaid,lightingaChesterfield."Noneedtotartherup."Thecoffinwouldbeclosedduringthefuneral,hetoldthedirectorwithcalmauthority,butopenduringthevisitinghoursthedaybefore.ShewastobeburiedinMountHopeCemetery,wheretheyhadboughtplotsin1951.Hehadthepapersinhandandgavethemorticiantheplotnumbersothatthepreparationscouldbeginoutthere:H-101.HehimselfhadH-102,hetoldLouislateron.

           Hehungup,lookedatLouis,andsaid,"PrettiestcemeteryintheworldisrighthereinBangor,asfarasI’mconcerned.Crackyourselfanotherbeer,ifyouwant,Louis.Allofthisisgoingtotakeawhile.

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