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36 shades. Then she went over to a small marble-topped oval table by her bed, and got her Bible. She moved a chair under the light, and opened the Bible to the second chapter of Exodus. She was reading the book through for the third time.

"Reba! Reba!" she was suddenly interrupted by the voice of Aunt Augusta calling from below.

Her aunt was standing, she well knew, at the foot of the stairs, with one hand on the black-walnut newel-post, and her chin lifted. "Reb-a!" she called again, drawing out the last syllable with an effective crescendo.

Reba rose and opened the door.

"Yes," she replied.

"Come down here," briefly her aunt called.

Reba laid her Bible on the marble-topped table and went downstairs.