made it on the bevel. There is more surface for the nails to grip. There is twice the gripping-surface to each seam. The water will have to seep into it on a slant. Water moves easiest up and down or straight across. In a house people are upright two thirds of the time. So the seams and joints are made up-and-down. Because the stress is up-and-down. In a bed where people lie down all the time, the joints and seams are made sideways, because the stress is sideways. Except. A body is not square like a crosstie. Animal magnetism. The animal magnetism of a dead body makes the stress come slanting,
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This is the best chapter(s) in As I Lay Dying. I was on a flight when I read this and died laughing.
