And
Old Man Hawk will come."
"Oh, you can soon get twelve men together."
"
You know, Nannie, nothing ever shakes the doctor; but when I
called and told him they'd found Ward dead, he sure sputtered.
Took me by surprise."
"What'd he say?"
"He said, 'That son of a-' Ah, Nannie, it won't do to repeat.
But, I declare, I never heard old Doctor Elton cuss so before."
"Who's keeping the store for you?
"Vic's boys. Oh, I almost forgot. Vic sent you word that
she'll go on over to Ophelia's as soon as she can dress a
chicken. And she's gonna get Lovie to help her phone the other
women."
Mama reached behind the door and took down Papa's heavy
cloak.
"You'd better wear this over your jacket, Jodie."
"Yeah. It's plenty cold out. Nannie, I've had the strangest
feeling-sorta guilty -like I'd killed Ward myself!"
"What on earth do you mean?"
"It's curious. When I first heard he was dead, I'm ashamed to
say it, but I was actually glad! 'Course there's been two or
three times when I wanted to kill that man! It was all I could do
to keep from it.
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