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people inside, unaware that down in the darkness there was a ruby
    ring and a gold Rolex that might still be marking off the hours.
    One of those heavy vehicles would almost surely have collapsed an ordinary Cadillac; there would have been a lurch,
    a crunch, and then a bunch of men digging to see what - or who - they had found. But it really was more tank than car,
    and Dolan's very carefulness has so far kept anyone from finding him.
    Sooner or later the Cadillac will collapse of course, probably under the weight of a passing semi, and the next vehicle
    along will see a big broken dent in the westbound lane, and the Highway Department will be notified, and there will be
    another RPAV. But if there aren't Highway Department workers right there to see what happens, to observe that the
    heavy weight of a passing truck has caused some hollow object under the road to collapse, I think they will assume
    the 'marsh-hole' (that is what they call them) has been caused by either frost, or a collapsed salt-dome, or possibly a
    desert temblor. They will repair it and life will go on.
    He was reported missing - Dolan.
    A few tears were shed.
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    A columnist in the Las Vegas Sun suggested that he might be playing dominos or shooting pool somewhere with
    Jimmy Hoffa.
    Perhaps that is not so far from the truth.
    I'm fine.
    My back is pretty much okay again. I'm under strict orders not to lift anything which weighs over thirty pounds
    without help, but I've got a good bunch of third-graders this year, and all the help I could want.
    I've driven back and forth over that stretch of road several times in my new Acura automobile. Once I even stopped,
    got out, and (after checking in both directions to make sure the road was deserted) took a piss on what I was pretty
    sure was the spot. But I couldn't produce much of a flow, even though my kidneys felt full, and when I drove on I kept
    checking the rearview mirror: I had this funny idea, you see, that he was going to rise up from the back seat, his skin
    charred to a cinnamon color and stretched over his skull like the skin of a mummy, his hair full of sand, his eyes and his
    Rolex watch glittering.
    That was the last time I was on 71, actually. Now I take the Interstate when I need to head west.
    And Elizabeth? Like Dolan, she has fallen silent. I find that is a relief.
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