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Rabbit, horrified and guilt-stricken over his child's death, goes back to Janice, feeling that the death is his fault: if he had not left Janice, it would never have happened. At the baby's funeral, however, he begins to believe that the child is now in heaven. He is buoyed up by this thought, almost happy, but Janice doesn't share or understand his sense of peace and release. He tries to explain to her that he now understands that she, like the baby, is a victim, but no one else knows what he's talking about—including Janice. At the burial, he runs away from the graveyard, which is at...
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