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           ShealmostwhisperedthequestiontoLouis,asifsheunderstooditwouldbebetteriftheywerenotoverheard.Rachelwasinthekitchenmakingachickenpie,whichsheintendedtotakeovertoJudthenextday.

           Acrossthestreet,allthelightswereonintheCrandallhouse.CarswereparkedinJud’sdrivewayandupanddowntheshoulderofthehighwayonthatsideforahundredfeetineitherdirection.Theofficialviewinghourswouldbetomorrow,atthemortuary,buttonightpeoplehadcometocomfortJudaswellastheycould,andtohelphimremember,andtocelebrateNorma’spassingwhatJudhadreferredtooncethatafternoonas"theforegoing."Betweenthathouseandthis,afrigidFebruarywindblew.Theroadwaspatchedwithblackice.ThecoldestpartoftheMainewinterwasnowuponthem.

           "Well,Idon’treallyknow,honey,"Louissaid,takingEllieonhislap.OntheTV,arunninggunfightwasinprogress.Amanspunanddropped,unremarkeduponbyeitherofthem.LouiswasawareuncomfortablysothatEllieprobablyknewahellofalotmoreaboutRonaldMcDonaldandSpidermanandtheBurgerKingthanshedidaboutMoses,Jesus,andSt.Paul.ShewasthedaughterofawomanwhowasanonpracticingJewandamanwhowasalapsedMethodist,andhesupposedherideasaboutthewholespiritusmundiwereofthevaguestsortnotmyths,notdreams,butdreamsofdreams.It’slateforthat,hethoughtrandomly.She’sonlyfive,butit’slateforthat.Jesus,itgetslatesofast.

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