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           Hecaughthimselfdozingoffagain,snappedawake,andabruptlyslappedhimselfacrosstheface,forehandandbackhand,causinghisearstoring.Nowterrorawakenedinhisheart,astealthyvisitorwhohadbrokenintothatsecretplace.

           It’sputtinmetosleep...hypnotizinme...somethin.Itdoesn’twantmeawake.Becausehe’llbecominbackprettysoon.Yeah,Ifeelthat.Anditwantsmeoutoftheway.

           "No,"hesaidgrimly."Nowayatall.Youhearme?I’mputtinastoptothis.Thishasgonefarenough."

           Thewindwhinedaroundtheeaves,andthetreesontheothersideoftheroadshooktheirleavesinhypnoticpatterns.HismindwentbacktothatnightaroundtheDefiantstoveinthecouplingshed,whichhadstoodrightwheretheEvartsFurnitureMartstoodinBrewernow.Theyhadtalkedthenightaway,heandGeorgeandReneMichaud,andnowhewastheonlyoneleftRenecrushedbetweentwoboxcarsonastormynightinMarchof1939,GeorgeChapindeadofaheartattackjustlastyear.Ofsomany,hewastheonlyoneleft,andtheoldgetstupid.Sometimesthestupiditymasqueradesaskindness,andsometimesitmasqueradesasprideaneedtotelloldsecrets,topassthingson,topourfromtheoldglasstothenewone,to...

           SodisJewpeddlercomeinandhesay"Igotsumpinyouneverseenbefore.Thesepos’cards,deyjuslooklikewimmininbathinsuitsuntilyourubdemwitawetcloth,andden"

           Jud’sheadnodded

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