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"No The sao I'm not sure But I think she's dead The family moved out anyway I don't know But I think she's dead"

"You're not sure of it!"

"No, not sure Pretty sure"

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"

"Forgot"

"Four days ago!"

"I forgot all about it"

"Four days ago," he said, quietly, lying there

They lay there in the dark rooht," she said

He heard a faint rustle Her handmantis on the pillow, touched by her hand Noas in her ear again, hu

He listened and his as singing under her breath

Outside the house, a shadow moved, an autu else in the silence that he heard It was like a breath exhaled upon theIt was like a faint drift of greenish lue October leaf blowing across the lawn and away

The Hound, he thought It's out there tonight It's out there now If I opened the

He did not open the

He had chills and fever in the