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It was I who had first seen a picture of Sara Laughs in a glossyhandout called Maine Retreats, and it was I who had made And as a man? An old man who hadbeen getting every sled he wanted for the last forty years or so? What's the story with Mattie, Bill? Tell me. , why are you looking at me that way? You'd understand if you'd ever met Devore, I said. She used to ask him about his folks and why he didn't go up to Washington to see them especial y as his dad was il .

Becausenow I do nothing that makes a difference, I said at last, and onceagain the words astonished me. Yuh, he said, then turned to thesallow woman chopping onions beside the grill. I shal sue. I looked to my right and saw a gray forehead of rock poking out of themulch.