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Moody didn’t say a word toto stare atback at her

“Well, if you know her,” I said, “ firearms at people”

“Moody, you heard the hter”

“Oh, Papaw,” she said, “what you bring this white man out here for?”

Abrahaun barrel away Moody pulled back fro to take away her doll

“She’s your granddaughter?”

“That’s right”

It struck randfather as to shootme over as if I represented some species of animal she had never observed before and already didn’t like

“Mr Corbett is here froton,” said Abraham

“You working for him?” said Moody “Why would you?”

“We working together,” said Abraham

“Well, if you ain’t working for him, how come he calls you Abraham, and you call him Mr Corbett?”

“Because he prefers it that way” Abraham knew that wasn’t so, but he fixed me in place with a look that stifled the protest in my throat “Mr Corbett is here by the instructions of the president of the—”

“Abraham,” I said “We’re not supposed to talk about any of this”

He nodded, dipped his head “You are right, Mr Corbett,” he said