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           "Bewell,Louis,"shewhispered.

           DavidDandridgeshookhishandandmutteredsomethinginarticulate,hisprominent,arrowhead-shapedadam’sapplebobbingupanddown.ThenhefollowedhiswifehurriedlydowntheaislefortheritualexaminationofacoffinwhichhadbeenmadeinStoryville,Ohio,aplacewhereGagehadneverbeenandwherehewasnotknown.

           FollowingtheDandridgestheyallcame,movinginashufflingline,andLouisreceivedthem,theirhandshakes,theirhugs,theirtears.Hiscollarandtheuppersleeveofhisdarkgraysuitcoatsoonbecamequitedamp.Thesmelloftheflowersbegantoreacheventhebackoftheroomandtopermeatetheplacewiththesmelloffuneral.Itwasasmellherememberedfromhischildhoodthatsweet,thick,mortuarysmellofflowers.LouiswastoldhowmercifulitwasthatGagehadn’tsufferedthirty-twotimesbyhisowninnercount.HewastoldthatGodworksinmysteriouswaysHiswonderstoperformtwenty-fivetimes.Bringinguptherearwashe’swiththeangelsnow,atotaloftwelvetimes.

           Itbegantogettohim.Insteadoflosingwhatmarginalsensetheselittleaphorismshad(thewayyourownnamewillloseitssenseandidentityifyourepeatitoverandoveragain),theyseemedtopunchdeepereachtime,anglingintowardthevitals.Bythetimehismother-in-lawandfather-in-lawputintheirinevitableappearance,hehadbeguntofeellikeahard-taggedfighter.

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