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'It's dreadful, isn't it?'

'What? Death.'

'Yes. It makes everything else seem so horribly trivial. He doesn't look human. When you look at him you can hardly persuade yourself that he's ever been alive. It's hard to think that not so very many years ago he was just a little boy tearing down the hill and flying a kite.'

She could not hold back the sob that choked her