…“that lies beyond that door”…
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“By way of the room”…
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…“the one you tried but that was locked.”
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…“and use it on the other door”…
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…“and leave this room”…
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“Take it with you…”
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“In the drawer in the table that the telephone is sitting on is a key,” the voice of her mother said.
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…belonged.
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…to whom the voice...
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…the identity of the person…
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…was more important than…
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…as if what needed to be said…
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…but instead continued…
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…though the voice didn’t pause to affirm it…
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And she knew then that she was right…
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…for it occurred to her that this was who the voice belonged to.
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“Momma?” she said…
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…and in fact had forgotten she had one.
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…though she hadn’t thought about her name in a long time…
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…for she herself was Bessie, that was her name…