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PAGE PAGE 28 WHAT did you ask, Andy Bissette? Do I understand these rights as youve explained em to me? Gorry! What makes some men so numb? No, you never mind - still your jawin and listen to me for awhile. I got an idear youre gonna he listenin to me most of the night, so you might as well get used to it. Coss I understand what you read to me! Do I look like I lost all mbrains since I seen you down to the market? That was just Monday afternoon, in case you lost track. I told you your wife would give you merry hell about buying that day-old bread - penny wise and pound foolish, the old saying is - and I bet I was right, wasnt I? I understand my rights just fine, Andy; my mother never raised no fools. I understand my responsibilities too, God help me. Anything I say might be used against me in a court of law, you say? Well will wonders never cease! And you can just get that smirk off your face, Frank Proulx. You may be a hot-shot town cop these days, but it hasnt been too long since I seen you runnin around in a saggy diaper with that same foolish grin on your face. Ill give you a little piece of advice -when you get around an old biddy like me, you just want to save that grin. I cn read you easiern an underwear ad in the Sears catalogue. All right, weve had our fun; might as well get down to it. Im gonna tell you three a hell of a lot startin right about now, and a hell of a lot of it probly could be used against me in a court of law, if anyone wanted to at this late date. The joke of it is, folks on the island know most of it already, and Im just about half-past give-a-shit, as old Neely Robichaud used to say when he was in his cups. Which was most of the time, as anyone who knew him will tell you. I do give a shit about one thing, though, and thats why I come down here on my own hook. I didnt kill that bitch Vera Donovan, and no matter what you think now, I intend to make you believe that. I didnt push her down that frigging staircase. Its fine if you want to l