Andrew was not able to speak, and Duff pulled his hat down over his face, so it fell to Cullen to perform some sort of ritual. He had never learned to read, but he had attended many funerals and he had heard women speak from their good book. He did his best to remember their words. “Earth to earth,” he said, “and dust to dust. Lord, we commend this little girl to you and ask that you take her into your bosom and soothe her innocent spirit, set her to dancing in the fields of your bounteous afterlife, and reunite her with her sainted mother, Mary. And we also ask you to keep her there,
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