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           Downstairswasthecoffinshowroom,eachmodellitbyababyspotlightmountedontheceiling.IfyoulookedupLouishad,andthefuneraldirectorhadfrownedseverelyathimitlookedasiftherewerealotofstrangeanimalsroostingupthere.

           JudhadcomewithhimonSunday,thedayafterGagehaddied,topickoutacoffin.Theyhadgonedownstairs,andinsteadofimmediatelyturningrightintothecoffinshowroom,Louis,dazed,hadcontinuedstraightondownthehallwaytowardaplainwhiteswingingdoor,thesortyouseecommunicatingbetweenrestaurantdiningroomsandthekitchen.BothJudandthefuneraldirectorhadsaidquicklyandsimultaneously,"Notthatway,"andLouishadfollowedthemawayfromthatswingingdoorobediently.Heknewwhatwasbehindthatdoorthough.Hisunclehadbeenanundertaker.

           TheEastRoomwasfurnishedwithneatrowsoffoldingchairstheexpensiveoneswithplushyseatsandbacks.Atthefront,inanareathatseemedacombinationnaveandbower,wasGage’scoffin.LouishadpickedtheAmericanCasketCompany’srosewoodmodelEternalRest,itwascalled.Itwaslinedwithplushypinksilk.Themorticianagreedthatitwasreallyabeautifulcoffinandapologizedthathedidnothaveonewithabluelining.LouisrespondedthatheandRachelhadnevermadesuchdistinctions.Themorticianhadnodded.ThemorticianaskedLouisifhehadthoughtabouthowhewoulddefraytheexpensesofGage’sfuneral.

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