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The
spiral
was
the
oldest
sign
of
power
in
the
world
,
man
's
oldest
symbol
of
that
twisty
bridge
which
may
exist
between
the
world
and
the
Gulf
.
Louis
reached
Gage
's
grave
at
last
.
The
payloader
was
gone
.
The
Astroturf
had
been
removed
,
rolled
up
by
some
whistling
workman
with
his
mind
on
an
after-work
beer
at
the
Fairmount
Lounge
,
stored
in
an
equipment
shed
somewhere
.
Where
Gage
lay
there
was
a
neat
rectangle
of
bare
,
raked
earth
,
perhaps
five
feet
by
three
feet
.
The
headstone
had
not
been
set
up
yet
.
Louis
kneeled
.
The
wind
blew
through
his
hair
,
tumbling
it
.
The
sky
was
almost
entirely
dark
now
.
It
raced
with
clouds
.
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No
one
has
shone
a
light
in
my
face
and
asked
me
what
I
'm
doing
here
.
No
watchdog
has
barked
.
The
gate
was
unlocked
.
The
days
of
the
Resurrection
Men
are
past
.
If
I
came
up
here
with
a
pick
and
a
shovel
--
He
came
back
to
himself
with
a
jerk
.
He
was
only
playing
a
dangerous
mind
game
with
himself
if
he
pretended
that
Pleasantview
stood
unwatched
during
the
night
hours
.
Suppose
he
was
discovered
belly-deep
in
his
son
's
new
grave
by
the
caretaker
or
the
watchman
?
It
might
not
get
into
the
papers
,
but
then
again
it
might
.
He
might
be
charged
with
a
crime
.
What
crime
?
Grave
robbing
?
Unlikely
.
Malicious
mischief
or
vandalism
would
be
more
likely
.
And
in
the
paper
or
out
of
it
,
the
word
would
get
around
.
People
would
talk
;
it
was
a
story
too
juicy
not
to
be
told
:
Local
doctor
is
discovered
digging
up
his
two-year-old
son
,
recently
killed
in
a
tragic
road
accident
.
He
would
lose
his
job
.
Even
if
not
,
Rachel
would
be
chilled
by
the
wind
of
such
tales
,
and
Ellie
might
be
harried
by
them
at
school
until
her
life
was
a
misery
of
chanting
children
.
There
might
be
the
humiliation
of
a
sanity
test
in
exchange
for
dropping
charges
.
But
I
could
bring
Gage
back
to
life
!
Gage
could
live
again
!
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Did
he
really
,
actually
believe
that
?
The
fact
was
that
he
did
.
He
had
told
himself
time
and
time
again
,
both
before
Gage
's
death
and
after
it
,
that
Church
had
not
really
been
dead
,
only
stunned
.
That
Church
had
dug
his
way
out
and
come
home
.
A
kiddie
story
with
gruesome
undertones
--
Winnie
the
Poe
.
Master
unwittingly
piles
a
cairn
of
stones
over
a
living
animal
.
Faithful
beast
digs
itself
out
and
comes
home
.
Fine
.
Except
it
was
not
true
.
Church
had
been
dead
.
The
Micmac
burying
ground
had
brought
it
back
to
life
.
He
sat
by
Gage
's
grave
,
trying
to
place
all
the
known
components
in
an
order
as
rational
and
logical
as
this
dark
magic
would
allow
.