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[00:00.00] Henriette kept a record of her own and Josephine's funerals, in a little black book locked up in a safe place. On one page was here own name, Henriette, and underneath it 99 crosses in neat little rows of five. On the opposite page was Josephine's name, and beneath it 98 crosses, in neat little rows of five. Well, they had served death long and loyally, she and Josephine. There was a time when, as a special treat, Henriette would take out her funeral book and name the crosses: " This one was Marie Lombard, and this one Celeste, her daughter. Here was Henri, who died the time the cholera came, in 1860. Sometimes, Henriette wondered sadly if she would ever wail again. There was on Isle Brevelle only one person left who, if he died, would want a wailing woman. This was Toni Philbert, the only soul on Isle Brevelle older than Henriette. Toni and Henriette and Josephine had been young folks together. Now it became a sort of game between the two women -- who would get Toni when he died. " If I get Toni," Henriette would say, " me, I'll have two more crosses than you. I'll have a hundred." And Josephine, sitting fat in her chair, would laugh " mais non, and if I get him," we'll be even, Etta, my friend."
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