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Dorcas
It is Sarah's stutter.
Halie
I think they're mostly used to illustrate Sarah's stammer, and her inability to get the words off of her tongue. I don't remember the ellipses being used much other than when Sarah was speaking, so I think it's simply to show it sometimes took her a long time to finally get the words out.
Henry Barnett
I never noticed!
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