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           Hecincheditwithlongstripsofstrappingtape,thencutthelengthofropeintwoandtiedofftheendsneatly.Oncemorehemighthavehadarolled-uprug,nomore.Heclosedthecoffin,thenafteramoment’sthought,hereopeneditandputthebentspadein.LetPleasantviewhavethatrelic;itwouldnothavehisson.Heclosedthecoffinandthenloweredhalfofthecementgrave-linertop.Heconsideredsimplydroppingtheotherhalfbutwasafraiditwouldshatter.Afteramoment’sconsideration,hethreadedhisbeltthroughtheironringsandusedittolowerthecementsquaregentlyintoplace.Thenheusedtheshoveltofillinthehole.Therewasnotenoughdirttobringitupevenwiththegroundagain.Thegrave’sswaybackedlookmightbenoticed.Itmightnot.Itmightbenoticedanddisregarded.Hewouldnotallowhimselftothinkaboutit,orworryaboutittonighttoomuchstilllayaheadofhim.Morewildwork.Andhewasverytired.

           Hey-ho,let’sgo.

           "Indeed,"Louismuttered.

           Thewindrose,shriekingbrieflythroughthetreesandmakinghimlookarounduneasily.Helaidtheshovel,thepickhehadyethadtouse,thegloves,andtheflashlightbesidethebundle.Usingthelightwasatemptation,butheresistedit.Leavingthebodyandthetools,Louiswalkedbackthewayhehadcomeandarrivedatthehighwrought-ironfenceaboutfiveminuteslater.There,acrossthestreet,washisCivic,parkedneatlyatthecurb.Sonearandyetsofar.

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