She was the largest woman in town, nearly six feet tall, whereas Ben had been the runt of the Johnson family. Gus always liked to be the best at whatever there was to do. He had come to feel that Augustus had probably been out of his mind at the end, though he hadn't looked it, and that he had been out of his mind to make the promise he had. It might startle him into life again.
That would be better than if he found it out from somebody else. People lose their minds over things like this, Clara said. I admit I was inspired, Augustus said. He began to listen--waiting to be told, his hope always growing.
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