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154 Say! You’d think to hear ’em that Tony’d just been raised from the dead. [She turns back to the two Italians.] Put it in the shade. Mind that varnish, you club-footed wops. There. [''She has seen the chair safely along the porch. She returns and makes for the bedroom, saying, as she goes'':] He wants a cover and everything you can think of.

[To ]: Let me know if I can do anything.

[ ''returns carrying a great, thick quilt. She cuts for the door, muttering happily to herself. On the porch she stops to call through the window to the stricken'' .]

Joe—just hand me them newspapers, will you?

[Obeying]: Here.

[In the doorway, her arms filled with papers and comforter, she sees his face.] Gee—you look something fierce.

[In a strangled voice]: Amy