The Ordeal

15 stensibly, there ----- have been screaming,

3  ertainly, if so, it fell on deaf ears.

20 he ----- of ----- son is what did ----- in,

1  s grief brought illness, a deep sleep ensued.

22 ery limited ----- medicine then,

9  n a brief time, ----- ----- was pronounced, and

1  cquiescence suffused ----- husband's face.

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8  owever, when ----- began to fall,

1  kin to ----- suffering she had borne,

20 he husband started to doubt ----- -----'s fate,

3  ontemplating why ----- got better.

8  aving ----- exhumed revealed ----- horror:

5  scape failed, bloody claw marks, torn lining,

18 emnants of awakening underground.

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15 ccasions such as these were rarely seen,

18 ather, people used bell-bearing coffins.

4  espite ----- fact that James ----- afford it,

5  ndorsing ----- doctor’s word ----- ----- way.

1  following ----- son, ----- ----- so close,

12 eft alone, ----- felt forever guilty.

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