The Dead Father 精彩片段：
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They came then to a large gap in the earth surrounded by hundreds and hundreds of people holding black umbrellas. Rain. The men laying down the cable.
This is it, said Thomas.
What is it? asked the Dead Father.
This.
This large excavation? asked the Dead Father.
Yes.
Julie looking away.
They straggled up the edge of the excavation.
Who has dug this great hole in the ground? asked the Dead Father. What is to be builded here?
Nothing, Thomas said.
How long it is, the Dead Father observed.
Long enough, said Thomas, I think.
The Dead Father looked again at the hole.
Oh, he said, I see.