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[Narrator] It was not Grace's pride that kept
her going during the days when fall came
and the trees were losing their leaves,
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but more of the trance-like state that descends
on animals whose lives are threatened,
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a state in which the body reacts mechanically,
in a low, tough gear,
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without too much painful reflection.
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Like a patient passively letting
his disease hold sway.
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And now that Vera had received proof that it was
in fact Chuck who'd forced his attentions on Grace,
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she was meaner than ever.
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Had Grace had friends in Dogville
they, too, fell like the leaves.
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The most towns-people of the male sex now
visited Grace at night to fulfill their sexual needs.
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It had occurred to the children
to give the bell an extra ring
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every time such an act had been consummated,
much to Martha's confusion.
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But since the chain had been attached
things had become easier for everyone:
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the harassments in bed did not have to be
kept so secret anymore,
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because they couldn't really be
compared to a sexual act.
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They were embarrassing in the way it is
when a hillbilly has his way with a cow,
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but no more than that.
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Tom saw everything.
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It pained him, and the sexual visits
were a particularly severe blow.
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But he supported her as best he could,
the way a spider supports,
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when it has been tangled
in its own web by the wind.
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Tom!