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She heard Nurse Edna calling her and was grateful for the interruption; she decided it would be easier to talk to Homer than to Dr. Upstairs, in the master bedroom. Cloud's, and now here was the Cadillac—in a way, come to rescue him again? For here he was, with the w 'I think he knows we love Angel.

Larch moved slowly in the small room. Homer liked Ira Titcomb, the beekeeper and the [305] husband of Irene of the wondrous burn scar: it was Ira who explained to Homer about the bees. Rose again invited Homer to come to the cider house and 'get the feel of it. It was into the old Yankauer mask on his bedside table that Homer deposited the remains of the cider house candle.