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"Goblin's strange wordsIn fact, I even suspected him of the most base jealousy, and all of his recent behavior see away fro to die It had to happen because Manhood was going to make it happen
"And on the battlefield of Manhood, Mona wasnear ainstthe rules
"We would coht and myself W
e would talk together in the Heriven over to the dark waters I would discover that it had been a sort of drea so very bad had to be a dream Take Rebecca for instance Rebecca came in dreams
"What ive her 'a life for a life, a death for a death ¡¯
"I went back upstairs The ere closed The air-conditioning hun of Goblin I went to theand looked down on the west lawn I could see in the distance the diht I said a prayer for Rebecca, that her soul was in Heaven with God
"Very reluctantly I lay down to sleep beside Big Ramona, and when I woke it was to the murky dawn, and I had the heavy tasks of Manhood upon me "
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"MY FIRST MANLY TASK WAS to get to the Herh to think I could collect those rusted chains alone I took Allen with me The Shed Men always arrived around six o'clock, so they could go home at three, and when I told him where ere headed he was convivial and all but hopped into the pirogue with me
"It was and still is Allen's nature to find everything in life pleasurable He's a big roundly built man with neat white hair colasses and a perpetual se success
"Anye reached the Here it wasn't seven o'clock yet, and ent to our task with the best tools we had and soon gathered up all the rusted chains, dragging them down the steps after us
"I had to forcewas e, but I knew I hadwhich tireat approval and success, ere in the pirogue again
"When we got back to the landing and I told Allen ere going to bury the chain with Rebecca's remains he went into a state of sustained hilarity
"Nevertheless, I dug deep in the soil I found the casket I made the hole very very wide I wreathed the chains around the casket And then Allen helped me fill in the dirt and the headstone was replaced, and as I said my prayers Allen prayed with me