They began with Mary White Cloud rocking in her rocking chair whispering the name of Jerome DeBillier. Then the Old Man made an appearance and, strange as it seemed, I was lying in his grave looking up at him. ‘You’re not going to sing, are you, Dad?’ I asked. ‘I’m afraid I am, son,’ he replied. But when he sang it was silent. And then the chief came alongside him and they sang silently together. Next, Miss Gabriela Felipe Mendez was calling to me, ‘I’ll be your mother if you want me to be.’ When she spoke I could feel her breath against my cheek. She opened her arms wide and I went to hug her. Suddenly she was way in the distance. I paddled towards her as fast as I could. Why I was paddling, I don’t know. She was standing in the middle of a prairie and I was on dry land. I got out the boat and ran towards her. ‘I’m coming!’ I shouted. But I bumped into Father Henri and fell to the ground. He raised his Bible and looked down at me. Then he started screaming and shouting and when he did, fire and brimstone fell from the sky.
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