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           tookheraway...andletmygrandsondieadirtydeathinacountryroad."

           Hisvoicerosetoahectoringscream.

           "Wherewereyou?Sittingonyourasswhilehewasplayingintheroad?Thinkingaboutyourstupidmedicalarticles?Whatwereyoudoing,youshit?Youstinkingshit!Killerofchildren!Ki"

           Theretheywere.TheretheywereatthefrontoftheEastRoom.Theretheywere,andLouissawhisarmgoout.Hesawthesleeveofhissuitcoatpullbackfromthecuffofhiswhiteshirt.Hesawthemellowgleamofonecufflink.Rachelhadgivenhimthesetfortheirthirdweddinganniversary,neverknowingthatherhusbandwouldsomedaywearthesecufflinkstothefuneralceremoniesoftheirthen-unbornson.Hisfistwasjustsomethingtiedtotheendofhisarm.ItconnectedwithGoldman’smouth.Hefelttheoldman’slipssquashandsplayback.Itwasasickeningfeeling,reallysquashingaslugwithyourfistmightfeelsomethinglikethat.Therewasnosatisfactioninit.Beneaththefleshofhisfather-in-law’slipshecouldfeelthestern,unyieldingregularityofhisdentures.

           Goldmanwentstumblingbackward.HisarmcamedownagainstGage’scoffin,knockingitaslant.Oneofthevases,top-heavywithflowers,felloverwithacrash.Someonescreamed.

           ItwasRachel,strugglingwithhermother,whowastryingtoholdherback.Thepeoplewhoweretheretenorfifteeninallseemedfrozenbetweenfrightandembarrassment.

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