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“But not all the time?”

“No,” he said after a pause “Sometimes it’s hard for her for a while”

Hannah looked across at the snow that by noas almost up to the bottoots were at the level of her waist, which meant the snoas at least three feet deep

“We can’t take the sled on that,” she said, reet across the yard when her mom had fallen

“We’ll go on snowshoes”

“What about the dogs?”

He didn’t even look at them “Leave them”

“I’ them!” she said

“Well, let theo back to Jeb’s or so”

Hannah i around and alet wet, chase balls, and lick the hands and faces of huline, he would just hover and get in the way

“They won’t leave” Even if she could drive the back to Jeb’s?

“Well, they can’t coh to fit us” Peter paused and looked at her, wiping the rain off the front of his glasses “They’re just stupid dogs, Hannah”

“They got you away from Jeb, didn’t they?” she replied, and Peter’s hands clenched as he turned away

Hannah tried to think et into her collar, and it was getting her down She put her hood up, which immediately made her wet face and neck steam

“I’ to Timmins,?