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He considered this a ain, and gave her his reeable look “Because, that’s all, just because”

“I’ll be down,” she said

“Hey!” he said

But the as empty

THEY STOOD in the center of the perfect, jewelled lawn, over which one set of prints, hers, had run leaving reat slow strides, to meet them The toas silent as a stopped clock All the shades were still down

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bsp; “My gosh,” said Vinia, “it’s early It’s crazy-early I’ve never been up this early and out this early in years Listen to everyone sleeping”

They listened to the trees and the whiteness of the house in this early whispering hour, the hour whentheir bright fists

“Which way do we go?”

“Pick a direction”

Vinia closed her eyes, whirled, and pointed blindly “Which way a?”

“North”

She opened her eyes “Let’s go north out of town then I don’t suppose we should”

“Why?”

And they walked out of town as the sun rose above the hills and the grass burned greener on the lawns