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smelling like he’d been dragged

through a barnyard.

Then one fall evening, Goren

drove into the yard. Lilly had just

done the wash and was airing out the

house. Goren had been branding

cattle and smelled worse than ever.

The smell wafted through the

windows. By the time he reached the

door, Lilly was there to meet him.

“You are not setting foot in my

nice clean house until you have had a

bath,” she said. “Strip off your

clothes and go to the pump.”

Goren sighed but did as

instructed. He went to the pump

while Lilly picked up the clothes