Dr. Pain turned from the grave to nod to the women crowded around the grave, that it was time for
them to leave, to go back to each of their homes. The ground was quickly turning into a watery mire as the men began to shovel the dirt into the hole. Father Etienne began to mumble the Last Rites.
This man, a friend to many in town, living there for years
had been discovered to be a Union spy, being one of them, and
ultimately betraying them.
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