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           Louisgotmostofthedirtoff,buthewaswaryofmakingtoomuchnoise,andnothingwasmuchlouderthanashovelscrapingacrossconcreteinthedeadofnight.

           Heclimbedoutofthegraveandgottherope.Thishethreadedthroughtheironringsononehalfofthesegmentedgrave-linertop.Hegotoutofthegraveagain,spreadoutthetarpaulin,laydownonit,andgraspedtheendsoftherope.

           Louis,Ithinkthisisit.Yourlastchance.

           You’reright.It’smylastchanceandI’mdamnedwelltakingit.

           Hewoundtheendsoftheropearoundhishandsandpulled.Thesquareofconcretecameupeasily,grittingonthepivotend.Itstoodneatlyuprightoverasquareofblackness,nowaverticaltombstoneinsteadofahorizontalgravecover.

           Louispulledtheropeoutoftheringsandtosseditaside.Hewouldn’tneeditfortheotherhalf;hecouldstandonthesidesofthegravelinerandpullitup.

           Hegotdownintothegraveagain,movingcarefully,notwantingtooverturnthecementslabhehadalreadypulledupandmashhistoesorbreakthedamnedthing,whichwasquitethin.Pebblesrattleddownintothehole,andheheardseveralofthemchiphollowlyoffGage’scoffin.

           Bending,hegraspedtheotherhalfofthegrave-linertopandpulledupward.Ashedidso,hefeltsomethingsquelchcoldlyunderhisfingers.

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