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Night Thoughts

           

           ThenthedoctortoldherquitesternlythatshemustPUSH,andshedid,andthenshefeltsomethingbeingtakenfromher.Itwasaclearanddistinctfeeling,oneshewouldneverforget-thethingtaken.Thenthedoctorheldhersonupbythelegs-shehadseenhistinysexandknownhewasaboyimmediatelyandasthedoctorgropedfortheairmask,shehadseensomethingelse,somethingsohorriblethatshefoundthestrengthtoscreamagainaftershehadthoughtallscreamswereusedup:

           Hehasnoface!

           Butofcoursetherehadbeenaface,Danny’sownsweetface,andthecaulthathadcovereditatbirthnowresidedinasmalljarwhichshehadkept,almostshamefully.Shedidnotholdwitholdsuperstition,butshehadkeptthecaulnevertheless.Shedidnotholdwithwives’tales,buttheboyhadbeenunusualfromthefirst.Shedidnotbelieveinsecondsightbut-

           DidDaddyhaveanaccident?IdreamedDaddyhadanaccident.

           Somethinghadchangedhim.Shedidn’tbelieveitwasjusthergettingreadytoaskforadivorcethathaddoneit.Somethinghadhappenedbeforethatmorning.Somethingthathadhappenedwhileshesleptuneasily.AlShockleysaidthatnothinghadhappened,nothingatall,buthehadavertedhiseyeswhenhesaidit,andifyoubelievedfacultygossip,Alhadalsoclimbedaboardthefabledwagon.

           DidDaddyhaveanaccident?

           Maybeachancecollisionwithfate,surelynothingmuchmoreconcrete.

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