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           Whenhehadthissecondhalfofthetopstandingonend,helookeddownathishandandsawafatearthwormwrigglingfeeblythere.Withachokedcryofdisgust,Louiswipeditoffontheearthensidewallofhisson’sgrave.

           Thenheshonehisflashlightdownward.

           Herewasthecoffinhehadlastseenrestingonchromerunnersoverthegraveatthefuneralservice,surroundedbythatghastlygreenAstroturf.Thiswasthesafety-depositboxinwhichhewassupposedtoburyallhishopesforhisson.Fury,cleanandwhitehot,theantithesisofhisformercoldness,roseupinhim.Idiotic!Theanswerwasno!

           Louisgropedforthespadeandfoundit.Heraiseditoverhisshoulderandbroughtitdownonthecoffin’slatchonce,twice,athirdtime,afourth.Hislipsweredrawnbackinafuriousgrimace.

           Goingtobreakyouout,Gage,seeifIdon’t!

           Thelatchhadsplinteredonthefirststrokeandprobablynomorewerenecessary,buthewenton,notwantingjusttoopenthecoffinbuttohurtit.Somekindofsanityfinallyreturned,andhestoppedwiththespaderaisedforanotherblow.

           Thebladewasbentandscratched.Hetosseditasideandscrambledoutofthegraveonlegsthatfeltweakandrubbery.Hefeltsicktohisstomach,andtheangerhadgoneasquicklyasithadcome

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