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THEN IT'S ALL SETTLED: I'LL LOOK AFTER WHEN YOU'RE AWAY, AND WHEN YOUR COUSINS ARE HERE, I'LL LOOK AFTER IT, TOO-OVER NEXT THANKSGIVING, WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO INVITE ME OVER TO MEET YOUR COUSINS. He was like that; he was a walker-when there was no good reason to walk. YOUR DAD CAN HIDE FROwi YOU, Owen said, BUT HE CAN'T HIDE FROM GOD. You didn't! I said.