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"A little. Is Mrs. Henry free?"<br />

"I'll just run and get her. Have you eaten? Chin's<br />

made, all on her own, a cabbage roll dish with pork and<br />

crab. I tried it myself and it's really very good, wasn't it,<br />

Mrs. Haig? It's called bajr cai nhor or bajr nai kor, I<br />

think, or, well, never mind, but it is good."<br />

Abernathy smiled. "All right, Pru. I'll try it…with a<br />

cup of coffee."<br />

"Oh, Winslow, you should drink tea with it. Chin<br />

says."<br />

He looked up at his hostess, her careful morning's<br />

hairdo now steamed into white wisps. "Fine, Pru. Tea<br />

then. And, Mrs. Haig, please stay for a cup of tea,<br />

won't you?"<br />

"All right. Yes. Another cup, please. Thank you."<br />

Walking past the windows of the Tea Shoppe on<br />

his way to his own store, Limus Barnum paused to see<br />

who was in there. His hands to the sides of his face to<br />

blind the sun, he watched the postmistress and the<br />

lawyer waiting silently for Miss Lattice to return. As he<br />

watched, a strand of Judith's hair came loose from its<br />

gold pin. She brushed it back behind her ear, but it fell

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