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THE TRESPASSER

“Thank God!” whispered the father, almost inaudibly.

He held his wife’s hand as she lay by his side. He was the comforter. She felt as if now she might cry and take comfort and sleep. He, the quiet, obliterated man, held her hand, taking the responsibility upon himself.