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All white, she realized suddenly The buildings were all white Not some, not most All

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"Is that not odd?" she asked his are the same color In the last town-"

He turned to her, looked at her for the first time in three days "You really don't remember, do you?"

She wasn't certain how to answer Perhaps she'd misunderstood "I told you-'

"I knohat you told ed He turned his gaze back to the road "I thought you "

"Oh, no I do not lie"

He nodded, but didn't look at her this time

She stared at the toatching with increasing curiosity as the houses got bigger and bigger What kind of house would they live in? What kind of people would be their friends and neighbors? "The town is well taken care of"

He jerked his hat down on his head suddenly,

in a nervous gesture "It's not really a town, Agnes Not in the ordinary sense"

She waited for hiled in the pit of her stomach, and for no reason that she could fatho with other people so closely Lethe House is so isolated I shall hbors?"

It was a second before he answered, but in that second, she knew that sones We are roup known as the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing Believers, for short Although, in the world, they call us Shakers"

He was talking so quickly, using so many words she didn't know "I misunderstand"

"Whoa, girl" He drew back on the reins and brought the wagon to a halt Ahead, the sleepy little village awaited thes on either side of the road, the buildings perfectly alike, perfectly spaced It was gray and cloudy, but even at this distance,