Word: hamer
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...Hamer said, "That may be; I'm just telling you my memory." With that he turned back slowly home...
...Hamer said, "When he told me I'd have to leave, I fell down and begged him for a scrap of forgiveness, and he said, 'Oh, son, I forgive you surely--I've forgiven Judas this far in advance. But you can't work with me after today; the millstone of what you've done is around your neck, and the two of us are helpless to move...
Judas followed him, for lack of anywhere else to go. He lay down just inside Hamer's door with the chill spring air all down his legs, but he slept no more than a few brief spasms of sweet shallow dreaming and a few high yips at the ends of nightmares...
...yips would wake Hamer, and he'd say, "You're safe. Now go on and sleep...
...excruciating instant of dawn, when he heard Hamer's wife say "No" but yield all the same to Hamer's body and start breathing fast, Judas rose in deep silence, tied on his sandals and left for good. He knew his destination...