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24 4 Zora Neale Hurstonover de fence every day and never look back to see where it fell. Ahfeel de same way 'bout Mr. Killicks too. Some folks never wasmeant to be loved and he's one of 'em.""How come?""'Cause Ah hates de way his head is so long one way and soflat on de sides and dat pone uh fat back uh his neck.""He never made his own head. You talk so silly.""Ah don't keer who made it, Ah don't like de job. His bellyis too big too, now, and his toe-nails look lak mule foots. And'tain't nothin' in de way of him washin' his feet every evenin'before he comes tuh bed. 'Tain't nothin' tuh hinder him 'causeAh places de water for him. Ah'd ruther be shot wid tacks thantuh turn over in de bed and stir up de air whilst he is in dere. Hedon't even never mention nothin' pretty."She began to cry."Ah wants things sweet wid mah marriage lak when you situnder a pear tree and think. Ah . . . ""'Tain't no use in you cryin', Janie. Grandma done been long uhfew roads herself. But folks is meant to cry 'bout somethin' or other.Better leave things de way dey is. Youse young yet. No tellin' whutmout happen befo' you die. Wait awhile, baby. Yo' mind will change."Nanny sent Janie along with a stern mien, but she dwindled allthe rest of the day as she worked. And when she gained the privacyof her own little shack she stayed on her knees so long she forgotshe was there herself. There is a basin in the mind where wordsfloat around on thought and thought on sound and sight. Thenthere is a depth of thought untouched by words, and deeper still agulf of formless feelings untouched by thought. Nanny enteredthis infinity of conscious pain again on her old knees. Towardsmorning she muttered, "Lawd, you know mah heart. Ah done debest Ah could do. De rest is left to you." She scuffled up from herknees and fell heavily across the bed. A month later she was dead.