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【】aboutthree,butshesthavediedalsttheired.s.sthfousixthisevening.bythenshedbeendeadsolongsheuplikeanincubatorallthroughtheheatoftheday.dearlord,ipraytetthesightofherunspeakable,harry,awful.” ”shellbeburiedtorrow” ”shellhavetobe.” ”eisittedinneraslateasthespaniardsinthisheat,butoetodothatforyou,father” ”thankyou,iteintogillyforvestnts.ineverexpeustgetbae.thessoing.” ”tellpaddyillbringhere,soidealhitstraightafterthefuneral.youreabeneficiary,too,father,soidappreciateyourstayingforthereading.” ”ifraid,harry.rydeanothereasealedenvelope,anddeproseidopenitthentisayself.ntainedafreshwill.” ”rydeanee” ”itethingshehadbeenllingforalongti,butastoobesosecretiveaboutit,idontknow.” ”doyouhaveithyounoher” ”yes.”thepriestreaall. thelapuno.pt.”her,ngratulationsyougotthelotafterall.”heuldsayit,notbeinga. ”believe,harry,itcaasabiggersurprisetothanitdoestoyou.” ”thisistheonlypy” ”asfarasiknow,yes.” ”andshegaveittoyouaslateaslastnight””yes.” ”thenakesurepooroldpaddygotannershewished.” ”ishalladvisepaddyto.” ”ithinkyoushould.” andonthatheyparted.bythetieveryonearrivedioseerycarsonburied,thepassarounditohereuldbenotuingback. itoingepaddoeggieorthatstinkinggrossthingtheyhadhedevoutlyhopedpouredintoherffin.insteadheopenedhiseyesandhisndtothenight,totheghostlysilverofdeadtreesstandinglonelyinthegleanggrass,totheheartofdarknessshadober,tothefullonridingtheheavenslikeanairybubble.onightputtheirhandstoit,butinthelongrunitruledtheuntiltheyulddireedistanrs.sthleadiaidsinarosary.ashadooveduheblaoretoebahalive. ”yougaveafright,”hesaidabruptly. ”iorry,father,ididntanto.butididntisstilldoithandnnieanderyie,ileflashed.”soifyouvesinnedinsayingit,sohavei,andreseriouslyatthat.iupposedtoloveeveryone,aburdenlaiduponyou.””areyouallright,father” ”yes,illright.”helookedupatthehouse,andsighed.”idontons200,ofthedarknessaredriveildawn” herhandtouchedhisblacksleeve,fell.”idonttogoiher.” ”inuteysoutahecar.” ”illgoontothestables.” forthefirsttisheeethinhisground,adultground;heuldsehedifferenaryer,redandeofroses,heavyandsoontoashes.ashesofroses,ashesofroses.ggie,ihaveforsakenyou.butyaition;youhavenoresubstanellofroses.thesllofrycarson.rosesandashes,ashesofroses. ”ashesofroses,”hesaid,unting.”letsgetasfarfrohesllofrosesastheon.torro.” hekieggiedoelledthefutureadontsofrypingedonhisthinkingbrainasafaaions,allofthengoveable.theyingillyadayafterleaierofthatindiately.iediatelyhefledfroispain,neverhavingknoeffortlessly.itethinginavaguesoti;itdiately.andheuldalstseepaddysface,therevulsiouingaeheda, ...