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only an arm or bay.
Itwasnomorethananhourortwountilsunset.Hewasafraidtolet
darkfindhimontheopenlakewatersintheunsteadycanoe.Hedecided
towaitonthepointoflandforapassingboat.Ifnonecamehewould
sleepundertheliveoakandpaddlefartherinthemorning.Numbness
hadheldoffhisthoughtsallday.Nowtheypouredinonhimasthe
wolveshadpouredintothecalf-pen.Theytorehimsothatitseemedto
himthathemustinvisiblybebleedingasFlaghadbled.Flagwasdead.
Hewouldneverruntohimagain.Hetorturedhimselfwithsayingthe
words.
Flag's dead.
They were as bitter as alum-root tea.
He had not yet probed the deepest pain.
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He said aloudPa went back on me.
ItwasasharperhorrorthanifPennyhaddiedofthesnake-bite.He
rubbedhisknucklesoverhisforehead.Deathcouldbeborne.Fodder-
winghaddiedandhewasabletobearit.Betrayalwasintolerable.If
Flaghaddiedifbearorwolforpantherhadslippedinonhimhe
wouldhavegrievedwithagreatgriefbuthecouldhaveenduredit.He
wouldhaveturnedtohisfatherandhisfatherwouldhavecomforted
him.WithoutPennytherewasnocomfortanywhere.Thesolidearth
haddissolvedunderhim.Hisbitternessabsorbedhissorrowandthey
were one.
Thesundroppedbelowthetree-tops.Hegaveuphopeofhailingany
vesselbeforenight.Hegatheredmossandmadeabedforhimselfatthe
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