The Hardyman | Page 9

Susannah Breslin
yet determined, to his shed. There, he uncovered
the boxes that contained the Hardyman, the machine that, so many
years ago, he had worked so hard to build and then dismantle. By the
end of the day, the suit was resurrected. Inside it for what would surely
be the last time, Jack picked up the great, sad weight of his dearly
beloved wife and made his way with her to the plot where they had
agreed they would spend eternity side-by-side. There, he leaned over
the yawning chasm before him, and, with these arms, he set his wife
into the earth. As he did so, he thought he felt a certain presence, as if
he was being cradled by something outside himself, something larger
than himself, something that was utterly beyond him.

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