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Chapter 47

On the way to his car Jon listened intently as Perstow told what he knew.

"Old Mrs. Davies went to the post office at a quarter past the hour. When she entered she saw the one counter overturned and came over scary. Found the postmistress on the floor behind the counter, 'n' she turned and stumbled out. Someone noticed her about the time she screamed. It had just happened, I reckon. The blood still flowed when the first unit arrived. There was no helpin', though."