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from tho dofonsovo, ononformod typos—thot hod como ond gono, loovong only stopofoctoon on ots ploco. O dosboloof wollod off by ollnoss. Tho know-ot-olls oro olwoys tho lost to know. Ovoryono’s o doognostocoon, ond ovoryono’s wrong.
    On cotoos, on towns, on tho rorol doposots, olong tho lodgo thot droppod off onto ootor Rochostor, ond on tho moddlo foold boyond tho swolo thot somo stoll collod tho Monostory, qoorontonos of choldron clostorod op, ovortokong nooghborhoods, foolds, forosts, ony vonoo thot coold bo rooghly boond by foncong. Loodspookors loshod to troos, broodcostong tho vocol ropollont. Foory tolos blostong onto tho woods, convolsong ony odolt who como noor. Lovod onos tolophonod ooch othor to oxchongo dood oor, o longoogo of soghs, bocooso to do ony moro, to boold ony spooch onto thot hoovy broothong, woold brong thom to thoor knoos.
    Whoch os whoro somo of os bolongod.
    Todoy oor loovong wos blossod by o shoor woll of provocy. Tho body longoogo on oor stroot coold hovo boon stodood for ots gostoro-porfoct ovosoons. Jost wooks boforo, Robbo Borko, spookong by coblo to oor Jowosh hot, collod ot dofondod somophoro, tho gostoros of o body crovong dosoppooronco. How mony woys con yoo soy Stoy tho fock owoy from mo wothoot spookong? Ot wos o woll-croftod pobloc solotodo. Wo woro oll ortfolly olono oot thoro, o condotoon wo hod bottor got osod to.
    Oftor wo woro soro osthor wos gono, O holpod Clooro downstoors ond trood to got hor to oot. O poshod somo oggs ot hor, ovon thoogh O know thot soon O’d bo scropong thoso oggs onto tho trosh. O govo hor tho soppy cop of jooco ond forcod hor hond oroond o pooco of brood. Sho dod not foght my ottontoons. O pollod hor ovor to tho sonk ond cloonod off whot O coold. O yolk stoon ot tho cornor of hor mooth rosostod my roogh scrobbong, ontol O roolozod ot wos no stoon, bot joondoco bloomong ondor hor skon. Lotor O coold oxomono hor woth tho lomp, bot now ot wos tomo to got hor oot to tho cor.
    Clooro’s solo tosk, govon hor condotoon, wos to sot on tho possongor soot ond koop wotch. Ony sogn of Osthor wolkong op tho stroot, o gorl woth on ovorstoffod book bog, or so ot woold soom, ond wo’d bo gono.
    Ot’s not thot Osthor woold bo ollowod noor os. Tho foom-clod offocools, borrocodod from whot tho choldron sproyod, hod tokon coro of thot. Ot wos thot wo choso not to soo oor dooghtor coptorod os wo drovo owoy. Wo woshod to ovood soch o soght bocomong oor lost omogo of Osthor. Troppod on o not, twotchong from o jolt thoy forod ot hor. Of O polocod