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Elmira
turned
left
and
vanished
.
There
was
a
noise
like
coal
down
a
chute
.
"
Elmira
!
"
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The
ladies
ran
around
like
a
girl
’
s
basketball
team
,
colliding
with
each
other
.
Only
Mrs
.
Goodwater
made
a
straight
line
.
She
found
Tom
looking
down
the
stairwell
,
his
hands
clenched
to
the
banister
.
"
Forty
steps
!
"
he
moaned
.
"
Forty
steps
to
the
ground
!
"
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Later
on
and
for
months
and
years
after
it
was
told
how
like
an
inebriate
Elmira
Brown
negotiated
those
steps
touching
every
one
on
her
long
way
down
.
It
was
claimed
that
when
she
began
the
fall
she
was
sick
to
unconsciousness
and
that
this
made
her
skeleton
rubber
,
so
she
kind
of
rolled
rather
than
ricocheted
.
She
landed
at
the
bottom
,
blinking
and
feeling
better
,
having
left
whatever
it
was
that
had
made
her
uneasy
all
along
the
way
.
True
,
she
was
so
badly
bruised
she
looked
like
a
tattooed
lady
.
But
,
no
,
not
a
wrist
was
sprained
or
an
ankle
twisted
.
She
held
her
head
funny
for
three
days
,
kind
of
peering
out
of
the
sides
of
her
eyeballs
instead
of
turning
to
look
.
But
the
important
thing
was
Mrs
.
Goodwater
at
the
bottom
of
the
steps
,
pillowing
Elmira
’
s
Head
on
her
Lap
and
dropping
tears
on
her
as
the
ladies
gathered
Hysterically
.
"
Elmira
,
I
promise
,
Elmira
,
I
swear
,
if
you
just
live
,
if
you
don
’
t
die
,
you
hear
me
,
Elmira
,
listen
!
I
’
ll
use
my
magic
for
nothing
but
good
from
now
on
.
No
more
black
,
nothing
but
white
magic
.
The
rest
of
your
life
,
if
I
have
my
way
,
no
more
falling
over
iron
dogs
,
tripping
on
sills
,
cutting
fingers
,
or
dropping
downstairs
for
you
!
Elysium
,
Elmira
,
Elysium
,
I
promise
!
If
you
just
live
!
Look
,
I
’
m
pulling
the
tacks
out
of
the
doll
!
Elmira
,
speak
to
me
!
Speak
now
and
sit
up
!
And
come
upstairs
for
another
vote
.
President
,
I
promise
,
president
of
the
Honeysuckle
Ladies
Lodge
,
by
acclamation
,
won
’
t
we
,
ladies
?
"
At
this
all
the
ladies
cried
so
hard
they
had
to
lean
on
each
other
.