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           ButtherehavebeenFebruaryswhenwe’vehadcasketsstackedupthreedeep,hopinglikehellforathawsowecanplantsomeofthembeforewehavetorentafriggingapartment."

           UncleCarlhadlaughed.AndLouis,feelingapartytosomethingnotevenhisinstructorsinmedschoolknew,hadlaughedtoo.

           Thecrypt’sdoubledoorsweresetintoagrassyriseofhill,ashapeasnaturalandattractiveastheswellofawoman’sbreast.Thishill(whichLouissuspectedwaslandscapedratherthannatural)crestedonlyafootortwobelowthedecorativearrowtipsofthewrought-ironfence,whichremainedevenatthetopratherthanrisingwiththecontour.

           Louisglancedaround,thenscrambleduptheslope.Ontheothersidewasanemptysquareofground,perhapstwoacresinall.No...notquiteempty.Therewasasingleoutbuilding,likeadisconnectedshed.Probablybelongstothecemetery,Louisthought.Thatwouldbewheretheykepttheirgroundsequipment.

           ThestreetlightsshonethroughthemovingleavesofabeltoftreesoldelmsandmaplesthatscreenedthisareafromMasonStreet.Louissawnoothermovement.

           Heslidbackdownonhisbutt,afraidoffallingandreinjuringhisknee,andreturnedtohisson’sgrave.Healmoststumbledovertherollofthetarpaulin.Hesawhewouldhavetomaketwotrips,onewiththebodyandanotherforthetools.Hebent,grimacingathisback’sprotest,andgotthestiffcanvasrollinhisarms.

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