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Oh boy, she said. I grabbed it, ready for more resistance,but it swung up easily. That's what you think, isn't it? Yes. Oooo, she said.

Alas is the word for it in the crossword puzzles, a four-letterword meaning to express great sorrow. But to do that, I'd have to go back. I saw that, too. When I tried to call Mattie Devote, an extremely peculiar thinghappened--one that had nothing at all ro do with spooks, as far as Icould tell.