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"She say, 'Yaas," he repeated. "I done say what you tol' me, and she say, 'Tell de genman, Yaas, jes' like dat." "All right." Laurie nodded and strode off. For the first time he was breathing naturally and freely. She was there. She was safe. In a little more than an hour he would see her. In the meantime his urgent needs were a bath and a change of clothing.
When I looked back he was gone; gone, like dat, without makin a sound. Den I knowed he be a hant, an de nex day when I tell somebody bout it dey say he be de genman what got killed at de crossin a spell back, an other folks has seen him jus like I did. Dey say dey can hear babies cryin at de trestle right near dere, an ain't nobody yit ever found em. "Dat ain de ony hant I ever seen.
My teeth chattered like castanets, jarring in my jaws until it was painful. But that was only with the cold. A hubbub of expostulation was going on at the third door. My turnkey called suddenly: "Let the genman in, Charlie. Pal o' ourn," and my father ran huntedly into the room.
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