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"Will there be an autopsy?"

"Probably We put a call through to the coroner’s office and a deputy’s on the way He’ll talk to the pathologist and decide if it’s warranted"

"Which pathologist? Dr Yee or Dr Palchak?"

"Dr Palchak," he said "Of course, the deputy n the death certificate"

"What about Agnes? Can we see her?"

He nodded "Of course She’s just down the hall here Whenever Mrs Gersh is ready, the nurse will take you in"

Agnes had beenrooone, she’d be wheeled down to the baseue Dietz waited in the hall with Clyde while Irene and I stood silently beside the gurney on which her mother lay Death had smoothed , she see prominently from the peaceful folds of her face

There was a discreet knock at the door A young uniformed police officer canes in and he talked to Irene briefly about his encounter with her mother "She seeht like to know she didn’t give me any trouble…"

Irene’s eyes brimmed "Thank you I appreciate that Was she in pain? I can’t stand to think about what she h"

"No, ht have been confused, but she didn’t see like that"

"Thank God for that Did she ask for me?"

Color tinted his cheeks "I couldn’t say for sure I know she mentioned somebody named Sheila"