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The Life of Ray and Agnes

Agnes came to the house two months before my birthday, in the middle of winter. She was younger than the other kids, maybe ten or eleven years old and didn't talk much. Whenever Ray came in the room and she was in there, he would often just turn around and leave. I don't remember how long we sat around the table those evenings, nor do I have any memory of what we might have eaten. So I passed a couple of years in relative peace. I actually studied, stayed mostly out of trouble, and as my 18th birthday approached, it looked like I might be able to find someone to teach me a decent trade. The age of majority back then was

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