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Standing water in the road is compared to a wide lake.
A wide lake, it seemed, in the center of the highway crashed against the underside of the car and slammed it to the right.
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Macon meets Muriel when he hires her to train his dog.
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He was a tall, pale, gray-eyed man, with straight fair hair cut close to his head, and his skin was that thin kind that easily burns.
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