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The bell over the door jangled, and a gust of November air chased the smell of cinnamon toward the ceiling. "You're out of the maple twists already? It's barely half past seven." "Doris Pruitt bought the whole tray. Said she needed them for the Historical Society meeting." "There is no Historical Society meeting. It was cancelled Tuesday, on account of the church basement flooding." "Well, she bought eleven maple twists for somebody." A pause, filled with the tick of the oven timer and the scrape of a chair being pulled out. "Eleven. Not a dozen?" "I counted twice. I always count twice, you know that." "Doris Pruitt has never in her life bought an odd number of anything. She irons her dish towels." "Maybe she ate one in the car." "Doris? In the car? She won't drink coffee in the car in case of a sudden stop." "You're doing that thing again. Where your eyebrows go up and I end up somewhere I shouldn't be, holding a flashlight." "I'm merely observing. Was she wearing her good coat?" "The green wool. And lipstick." "At seven in the morning." "Sit down. I'll pour you something and you can observe with a cruller in front of you, like a civilized woman." "Two crullers. This is going to take some thinking."