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           HetookGageupthestairs,walkingthroughhotslantingSeptembersunshine,andashereachedthelanding,suchapremonitionofhorroranddarknessstruckhimthathestoppedstoppedcoldandlookedaroundinsurprise,wonderingwhatcouldpossiblyhavecomeoverhim.Heheldthebabytighter,almostclutchinghim,andGagestirreduncomfortably.Louis’sarmsandbackhadbrokenoutingreatrashesofgooseflesh.

           What’swrong?hewondered,confusedandfrightened.Hisheartwasracing;hisscalpfeltcoolandabruptlytoosmalltocoverhisskull;hecouldfeelthesurgeofadrenalinebehindhiseyes.Humaneyesreallydidbugoutwhenfearwasextreme,heknew;theydidnotjustwidenbutactuallybulgedasbloodpressureclimbedandthehydrostaticpressureofthecranialfluidsincreased.Whatthehellisit?Ghosts?Christ,itreallyfeelsasifsomethingjustbrushedbymeinthishallway,somethingIalmostsaw.

           Downstairsthescreendoorwhackedagainstitsframe.

           Louiscreedjumped,almostscreamed,andthenlaughed.Itwassimplyoneofthosepsychologicalcoldpocketspeoplesometimespassedthroughnomore,noless.Amomentaryfugue.Theyhappened;thatwasall.WhathadScroogesaidtotheghostofJacobMarley?Youmaybenomorethananunderdonebitofpotato.There’smoregravythangravetoyou.AndthatwasmorecorrectphysiologicallyaswellaspsychologicallythanCharlesDickenshadprobablyknown

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