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"Thank you"

They resuh the clothes, until Sa for Prudence In the candlelight it was hard to tell what color it was, but it looked like a light color Saive Prudence more of a choice

She knew better than to take Rebecca into the other room, with all the bones Pryde had left of his victims When Rebecca asked what had becoed, Sao upstairs"

In the light, Sareen while the darker dress was a burgundy Both would look gorgeous on Prudence, or so she hoped She desperately wanted her friend to cheer up, then Sao to the mainland

"Those are nice," Rebecca said "Do all women on the mainland dress like that?"

"Not all A lot of them dress more like me"

"Oh I don't think I'd like that"

"You just need to get used to it," Samantha said Then they set out for home

Prudence sat on the front steps of the church, one fist resting below her chin as if she were in deep thought They still had not found a stick to work as Wendell's lever, so they would have to search the rubble for so First, Sa pretty to wear

She held the dresses behind her back as she walked up to the church "Hi!" she called out "Where's everyone else?"

"Miss Brighao with theht"

"That's true" Finally Samantha couldn't contain herself anymore She thrust the dresses towards her friend "Look at these! Aren't they beautiful?"

Prudence reeled back as if the dresses were poisonous serpents "Those are…colored"

"Of course they are Don't you think they're pretty?"

"I…I don't know"

"Prudence, please The reverend is dead So is the Way You can wear pretty clothes now" She shoved the dresses at her friend again "Why don't you at least try theundy dress, her body still tensed as if the dress would bite her "I guess it wouldn't hurt to try them on"

"They're better than that old robe"

"Yes, I suppose"

Samantha knew better than to follow Prudence inside the church Her friend had to make up her own mind about whether to violate Reverend Crane's strict dress code or not While she waited, Sa through the rubble