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Epilogue: The Handmaid's Tale

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Sinead sat up and let loose an inhuman wail. It sounded like a raptor or something. I was horrified. Everyone covered their ears. “What do we do?” I asked. Mr. Delia shook his head. “Keith?” Sinead didn’t move. She just gave us the scary grin and continued speaking in a strange dialect. Dad tapped his foot. “Grab the candles.” Sinead’s room was full of unscented candles, so we grabbed a few. I wondered the book always called for unscented ones. “Turn the furniture right side up,” he said. “Place the candles on them in a semi-circle around the bed and stand inside the circle.” We did just as he said. Too bad Sinead wasn’t herself because the real Sinead had the power to light the candles. However, Dad used his breath to light all the
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