Als límits d'un remot i apartadíssim poble del sud-oest de Missouri vivia un pagès que es deia John Gray. El poble s'anomenava Deer Lick. Era un llogarret escampat, ensopit, de sis o set-cents habitants. (...)
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(...) A més, li vull preguntar on va aterrar, quan va caure.
A Murder, a Mistery, and a Marriage
Upon the border of a remote & aut-of-the-way village in south-western Missouri lived an old farmer named John Gray. The village was called Deer Lick.
