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(absently)

I guess so.

And then I say, dark as something I point out to you, that isn’t dark at all, and you say, “No, lighter than that!”

(absently)

Just—sort of blue.

Yes, sort of blue, It had lace on it, too, didn’t it?

Lace? Maybe—yes, lace.

There ’s more than one blue dress in the world.

Like enough. Maybe there ’s mor’n one family like that lady’s, but I ’ll be damned if they live in Veazie. (He crosses and opens cupboard and selects a bottle) I might as well run out and see how the old mare is getting on.

[He selects bottle from shelf.

And you’ve got to shovel those paths for the clothes lines yet.

I know.

Well, don’t forget.

It ain’t likely you’ll let me.

[''He exits at door right. Jane laughs softly to herself, and runs to closet and takes out a large cardboard box and putting it on the table, she cuts the''