"She'd drive'em no more than forty (“She'd driven them no more than forty.)

`Ayuh,' I says, and I even stopped groutin for the time bein. (`Ayah,' I say, and I even stopped grouting for the time being.)

`Do you mind awfully driving back in them dark? ' she ast me (`Do you mind awfully driving back in the dark? ' she asked me.)

`Don't be sma'at (Don't be smart.)

`I've seen 'em as big as English sparrows up (`I've seen them as big as English sparrows up)

`It ain't the same,' I says. (" `It isn't the same,' I say.)

`just leave me in this cussed bathroom all by myself starin at all these cussed cracks until I start to rave. (just leave me in this cussed bathroom all by myself staring at all these cussed cracks until I start to rave.)

`No'm,' I says (`No, madam,' I say,)

`Nothin,' I says. `Talkin to the grout. ' (“`Nothing,' I say. `Talking to the grout)

`Phelia was always lookin for a shortcut," (`Phelia was always looking for a shortcut,”)

`Yes'm,' I says (`Yes, madam,' I say)

“After a while she musta got an idea of how long she'd been there cuttin the air around her mouth because she says (“After a while she must've got an idea of how long she'd been there cutting the air around her mouth because she says,)

“And I says the first thing to come into my mind, which ain't something you'd usually say to a lady like `Phelia Todd. (“And I say the first thing to come into my mind, which aren't something you'd usually say to a lady like `Phelia Todd.)

“I ast her one time if it wasn't kinda funny - here she was on the one hand, spendin her time rubbin up that old statue in the Square and takin the little ones to their swimming lessons instead of playing tennis and swimming and getting boozed up like normal summer people,and on the other hand bein so damn set on savin fifteen minutes between here and Fryeburg that thinkin about it probably kept her up nights. (“I asked her one time if it wasn't kind of funny - here she was on the one hand, spending her time rubbing up that old statue in the Square and taking the little ones to their swimming lessons instead of playing tennis and swimming and getting boozed up like normal summer people, and on the other hand being so damn set on saving fifteen minute between here and Fryeburg that thinking about it probably kept her up nights.)

“I didn't know what she was talkin about and started to say so, and then I seen that even though there was no wind, the branches of those trees was dippin down - they was waverin down. (“I didn't know what she was talking about and started to say so, and then I seen that even though there was no wind, the branches of those trees was dipping down - they were wavering down.)

“I didn't say nothing for a little while and p`raps (“I didn't say anything for a little while and perhaps

“I finished the tiles and went home and ate leftovers - there wa`n't no roast (“I finished the tiles and went home and ate leftovers - there wasn't any roast)

“She looked at me, kinda smilin, and I knew she remembered some of it all right - Christ knows how much, (“She looked at me, kind of smiling, and I knew she remembered some of it all right-Christ knows how much)

“She was like that woman drivin the moon across the sky, halfway up over the splashboard with her gossamer stoles all flyin out behind her in silver cobwebs and her hair streamin back to show the dark little hollows of her temples, lashin those horses and tellin me to get along faster and never mind how they blowed, just faster, faster, faster. (“She was like that woman driving the moon across the sky, halfway up over the splashboard with her gossamer stoles all flyin out behind her in silver cobwebs and her hair streaming back to show the dark little hollows of her temples, lashing those horses and telling me to get along faster and never mind how they blowed, just faster, faster, faster.)

“She was lookin at me with her brown eyes just like lamps, there was a devilish look in them that said turn your cap around back'rds. (“She was looking at me with her brown eyes just like lamps, there was a devilish look in them that said turn your cap around backwards.)

“Tirin! I took another look at that bogey-thing hangin offa the grille of her car (“Tiring! I took another look at that bogey-thing hanging off a the grille of her car)

About how I was gonna get you. (About how I was going to get you.)

all your works start fallin apart (all your works start falling apart.)

And all the time she's just hammering that thing along, her hair all out behind her, smilin, her eyes flashin. (And all the time she's just hammering that thing along, her hair all out behind her, smiling, her eyes flashing.)

and it jumped at that go-devil when it saw it was about to be run down, tryin t bite it to death (and it jumped at that go-devil when it saw it was about to be run down, trying to bite it to death.)

and it was movin. kinda slow and sluggish, like it was dyin. (and it was moving. kind of slow and sluggish, like it was dying)

And lookit this, her dead four year and me still a-goin, drivin this same old Dodge. (And look at this, her dead four year and me still a-going, driving this same old Dodge.)

and the woman said they had some kind of problem about somethin or other (and the woman said they had some kind of problem about something or other)

and you can pop him like a bowlin pin (and you can pop him like a bowling pin.)

as if she was talkin about no more than a walk through the Haunted House at the Fryeburg Fair. (as if she was talking about no more than a walk through the Haunted House at the Fryeburg Fair.)

Because it wasn't a cave you was lookin for, or some kind of college excitement, but good plowin. (Because it wasn't a cave you was looking for, or some kind of college excitement, but good plowing.)

Beggin your pardon, but I did the mileage on the map myself, and seventy-nine is tops. (Begging your pardon, but I did the mileage on the map myself, and seventy-nine is tops.)

'Bob Lawson says, is that what you was gonna do, you cheap prick? And I said, tryin' to be tough, what was you gonna do, off him? ('Bob Lawson says, is that what you were going to do, you cheap prick? And I said, trying to be tough, what were you going to do, off him?)

But don't you go flyin off all half-cocked. (But don't you go flying off all half-cocked.)

but her face was lit up with what she was tellin me. (but her face was lit up with what she was telling me.)

But if there's somethin like a break in the earth, where you see darkness, like a cave might be there, you say `Go around, old hoss (But if there's something like a break in the earth, where you see darkness, like a cave might be there, you say `Go around, old hoss.)

but she was laughin, too. (but she was laughing, too.)

but when I see a young fella standin t'side of the rud (but when I see a young fella standing t'side of the rud)

But you're a good boy to just drop everythin and go to her like you're doin (But you're a good boy to just drop everything and go to her like you're doing.)

Doctor says it wa'ant too bad. She woke up and she talkin (Doctor says it wasn't too bad. She woke up and she is talking)

Everythin in there was movin. (Everything in there was moving.)

except they weren't willows, not at all, not really anything like em, or anything else - that grabbed off m'hat, not that MOTORWAY B sign, or that awful-lookin toad-thing. (except they weren't willows, not at all, not really anything like them, or anything else-that grabbed off my hat, not that MOTORWAY B sign, or that awful-lookingtoad-thing.)

he said, “but when I see a young fella standin t'side of the rud, I allus remember my own younger days (he said, “but when I see a young fellow standing outside of the road, I always remember my own younger days)

He took the old suitcase and fifty bucks he saved up from stealin' car parts or sellin' dope or whatever these kids do for money. (He took the old suitcase and fifty bucks he saved up from stealing car parts or selling dope or whatever these kids do for money.)

Heard you was writin some kind of book. '(Heard you were writing some kind of book. ')

her face clean and scrubbed and shinin, (her face clean and scrubbed and shining)

His wife's there, she has that forgettin disease (His wife's there, she has that forgetting disease)

how he looked sayin it (how he looked saying it)

'I asked them when they knew you and Bob Lawson said I was still pissin' my didies then. ('I asked them when they knew you and Bob Lawson said I was still pissing my didies then.)

I could hear those weeds scrapin against the body of the go-devil, dyin, tryin to get a hold on somethin. (I could hear those weeds scraping against the body of the go-devil, dying, trying to get a hold on something.)

I couldn't believe what I was seein. (I couldn't believe what I was seeing).

I drew a straight line and did out the calculations accordin to the scale of miles. (I drew a straight line and did out the calculations according to the scale of miles.)

I felt my face gettin red. (I felt my face getting red)

I guess we might try puttin some of this damn mess right, don't you? (I guess we might try putting some of this damn mess right, don't you?)

I had an idea she was maybe fixin to paint something on the back deck when I came by - but after we had been goin for a while seemed like she was dressed in nothing but all this white billowy stuff like a pitcher in one of those old gods-and-goddesses books." (I had an idea she was maybe fixing to paint something on the back deck when I came by-but after we had been going for a while seemed like she was dressed in nothing but all this white billowy stuff like a pitcher in one of those old gods-and-goddesses books)

I kep thinkin about what the ride back might be like, now that it was drawing down dark. (I kept thinking about what the ride back might be like, now that it was drawing down dark.)

I was lookin at that, and I almost run right into her little go-devil. (I was looking at that, and I almost run right into her little go-devil.)

I was out plowin George Bascomb's west field, the one that looks acrost the lake at the mountains, dreamin about what teenage boys dream of. (I was out plowing George Bascomb's west field, the one that looks across the lake at the mountains, dreaming about what teenage boys dream of)

'I wasn't even gonna do that. ('I wasn't even going to do that.)

I started bitchin' about you and that test (I started bitching about you and that test)

I'd reached the tub anyway and there wasn't nothing left but a lot of those frikkin squirrelly little comers (I'd reached the tub anyway and there wasn't anything left but a lot of those frikking squirrelly little comers.)

if you didn't have too much studyin t'do (if you didn't have too much studying t'do.)

I'm just doin my duty. Henry, too. (I'm just doing my duty. Henry, too.)

It was a funny color of brown and I ast her one time what you called that color and she said it was Champagne. (It was a funny color of brown and I asked her one time what you called that color and she said it was Champagne)

It was drawin down dark by the time we was done, and she run us over to the house of the woman she'd called. (It was drawing down dark by the time we was done, and she run us over to the house of the woman she'd called.)

It wasn't her having those maps that made me think it wa'n't a game. (It wasn't her having those maps that made me think it wasn't a game.)

its wings still flappin a little, feeble and dyin. (its wings still flapping a little, feeble and dying.)

Leave that alone! I got a good shot over here to the left'ards. ' (Leave that alone! I got a good shot over here to the leftwards. ')

Long thin needle teeth that looked almost like darning needles, stickin out of its mouth (Long thin needle teeth that looked almost like darning needles, sticking out of its mouth.)

More like he was signin papers (More like he was signing papers)

My head fair spun with `em (My head fair spun with them.)

not even to the left or right where your p`riph'ral vision (not even to the left or right where your peripheral vision)

Nothin',' Vinnie said. 'Nothin' much. ' (Nothing,' Vinnie said. 'Nothing much.)

only when my lights hit it, it seemed to be movin. (only when my lights hit it, it seemed to be moving)

Or like if you are plowin, you can plow a dip (Or like if you are plowing, you can plow a dip)

places that ain't on any map of Maine, not even on those survey-squares. (places that aren't on any map of Maine, not even on those survey-squares.)

prob'ly I'm gettin it myself. Hell, I'm tempted to take you anyway (probably I'm getting it myself)

Red stuff come runnin out of the cleft in the rock and soaked into the soil. (Red stuff come running out of the cleft in the rock and soaked into the soil.)

S`far as I know. (as far as I know.)

she ast me (she asked me.)

she says, and that tickled me s'much I had to laugh." (she says, and that tickled me so much I had to laugh)

She was wearin blue jeans (She was wearing blue jeans)

She says she read it's givin her cancer as well as m'ownself (She says she read it's giving her cancer as well as m'ownself. ')

She's goin to have to give up the smokes (She's going to have to give up the smokes)

So I says I was gonna matchstick your tyres and leave you with four flats. ' He looked at Jim with pleading eyes (So I say I was going to matchstick your tyres and leave you with four flats. ' He looked at Jim with pleading eyes.)

So she smiles and then goes back to it, pagin through her little notebook like a salesman checkin his orders (So she smiles and then goes back to it, paging through her little notebook like a salesman checking his orders.)

That stuff wasn't seaweed, but it was weeds, and it was movin. kinda slow and sluggish, like it was dyin (That stuff wasn't seaweed, but it was weeds, and it was moving. kinda slow and sluggish, like it was dying.)

The sound of that go-devil's engine, first buzzin along and then windin up high and fierce when she punched in the clutch and shifted down. (The sound of that go-devil's engine, first buzzing along and then winding up high and fierce when she punched in the clutch and shifted down.)

Then one of em snatched off my cap and I knew I wasn't asleep. (Then one of them snatched off my cap and I knew I wasn't asleep.)

Then, just when I was getting ready to `pologize (Then, just when I was getting ready to apologize)

There was grasses waving and plants that was all knotted together so it seemed like they made faces, and I seen something sittin in a squat on top of a stump, and it looked like a tree-toad, only it was as big as a full-growed cat. (There were grasses waving and plants that was all knotted together so it seemed like they made faces, and I seen something sitting in a squat on top of a stump, and it looked like a tree-toad, only it was as big as a full-growed cat.)

There was things like mosquitoes, only they had real eyes that you could see-and they seemed to be seein me. (There was things like mosquitoes, only they had real eyes that you could see-and they seemed to be seeing me.)

they seemed to be seein me (they seemed to be seeing me.)

Twas a Mercedes she drove (It was a Mercedes she drove)

wearin loafers and a khaki-colored skirt and a sweater that was some darker. (wearing loafers and a khaki-colored skirt and a sweater that was some darker)

'Well, Garcia leans over the table and says you can't want to get him very bad if you don't even know when he leaves the fuckin' school. ('Well, Garcia leans over the table and says you can't want to get him very bad if you don't even know when he leaves the fucking school.)

'Well, pardon me for livin (Well, pardon me for living)

What was you gonna do? (What were you going to do?)

When she came back she ast me if I would mind drivin the go-devil back to Castle Rock for her (When she came back she asked me if I would mind driving the go-devil back to Castle Rock for her)

Where you goin, son? (Where you going, son?)

who ain't had an accident in that strange. (who haven't had an accident in that strange)

why she was always lookin for a shortcut" (why she was always looking for a shortcut. ”)

Worth was there, but he was swimmin out in the lake, back and forth, back and forth, like he was sawin wood or signin papers. (Worth was there, but he was swimming out in the lake, back and forth, back and forth, like he was sawing wood or signing papers.)

You fuckin' liar, look, Vinnie, he wet himself' (You fucking liar, look, Vinnie, he wet himself').

`this ain't my business, but you ought to-leave well enough alone. (`this aren't my business, but you ought to-leave well enough alone.)

Don't you get the idea that I'm standin here and soundin like a fool 'cause I want to'Don't you get the idea that I'm standing here and soundin like a fool 'cause I want to)

I guess we might try puttin some of this damn mess right, don't you? '(I guess we might try putting some of this damn mess right, don't you? ')

I hope somebody else gets the job of meetin whoever comes just before rainy season (I hope somebody else gets the job of meeting whoever comes just before rainy season.)

wanna go wif Daddy, go wif Daddy. "' (I want to go with Daddy, go with Daddy. "')

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