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1 " idle hands and mind led to loss of self-respect and eventually to "
― S.K. Epperson , Green Lake
2 " he treated me today. "
3 " I said it is a new day, let us greet it together.” Half "
4 " MADELEINE HERON stared with unfocused eyes at the gleaming gray coffin that held the body of her husband. "
5 " The little Lyman girl was the first time he'd slipped up in years. "
6 " and shoulders "
7 " Are you all right?” “Fine,” he said. “A semi hit some cows. "
8 " said, “Is it so hard to believe anyone could love you, Eris? Is it so hard to believe I could fall for you just because you're you? You're everything I could ever want. You're pure and brave and honest and strong, you're quick and intelligent and dedicated. You take nothing for granted and yet you live life on your own terms. If all of that isn't enough, we can discuss what you do to me "
9 " Almost a year ago.” “You've written others?” “Yes. "
10 " decided it would "
11 " Epperson "
12 " minister stepped up beside the casket as the music ended and led them "
13 " lonely?” Eris took a deep breath and then released it. “I got along by minding my own business and staying out of everyone else's. Not too many people cared about a tall Indian kid with no parents. I didn't let anyone care, because I stayed out of everybody's way.” “Weren't you lonely?” Madeleine repeated softly. “Yes,” he said. “I was lonely. But I got along.” She "
14 " She experienced a moment of genuine happiness that rocked her and made her quake at the intensity of the feeling. She had a sense of being on the threshold of an entirely new purpose with a vastly different perspective. She "
15 " Sauk-Fox "
16 " was empty but for her. In the rows behind her sat a roomful of Sam's friends and former business associates, many of whom looked with angry surprise and spoke in barely concealed whispers "
17 " of the station wagon tearing up the "
18 " boat was on fire, the people inside moving frantically away from the black plumes of smoke that billowed from the engine and polluted "
19 " probably scared them worse than the floater.” Madeleine "
20 " Manuel cleared his throat in embarrassment, but Renard had already turned and walked back to his truck. When he was gone, Madeleine turned to her angry brother-in-law. “I "