Village Life and Death.

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Coldness in the eyes replaces the usual condescension. 
"You didn't go to the funeral."


 Pause ...…
"No."
The cold stare continues.
"Why not?"


Deep inward sigh.
"Funerals can be very personal occasions."
Long silence. Chin slowly lifts.
"Not going could show a lack of respect."


 Another pause……

"That could be it."


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"The good that men do lives after them.
  The evil is oft interred with their bones." 
(Clibrig's modification of Marcus Antonius' funeral oration.) 
The knowledge of what a completely despicable bastard someone was, will die with those who knew the deceased. 
Genealogists will merely record birth, marriage,  progeny, death. 






RIP'nt, WTR.