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           "ToGage,"hesaid."Tomyson,whomighthavebeenanartistoranOlympicswimmerorthemotherfuckingPresidentoftheUnitedStates.Whatdoyousay,asshole?"

           Churchregardedhimwiththosedull,strangeeyes.

           Louisdrankofftherestofhisbeerinbiggulpsthathurthistenderthroat,arose,wenttothefridge,andgotasecondone.

           BythetimeLouishadfinishedthreebeers,hefeltthathehadsomesortofequilibriumforthefirsttimethatday.Bythetimehehadgottenthroughthefirstsix-pack,hefeltthatsleepmightactuallybepossibleinanotherhourorso.Hecamebackfromthefridgewithhiseighthorninth(hehadreallylostcountbythenandwaswalkingonaslant),andhiseyesfellonChurch;thecatwasdozingorpretendingtoontherugnow.Thethoughtcamesonaturallythatitsurelymusthavebeenthereallalong,simplywaitingitstimetocomeforwardfromthebackofhismind:

           Whenareyougoingtodoit?WhenareyougoingtoburyGageintheannextothePetSematary?

           Andontheheelsofthat:

           Lazarus,comeforth.

           Ellie’ssleepy,dazedvoice:

           Theteachersaidifhe’djustsaid"Comeforth,"probablyeverybodyinthatgraveyardwouldhavecomeout.

           AchillofsuchelementalforcestruckhimthatLouisclutchedhimselfastheshuddertwistedthroughhisbody.

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