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Holcomb was a town where secrets were greater than what was known. Myrt Clare lived in Holcomb. She had various view points about the people in the town. Myrt Clare had an attitude towards her neighbors. Myrt was the town instigator. When given the news about the ....

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.... face.” That statement can be taken two different ways: (1). how the town treated her when she gave them their mail, or (2) the neighbors were untrustworthy and false. Myrt’s attitude towards her neighbors makes the reader think she is envious and hypocritical. Holcomb did show a friendly side. The town seemed to act more like friends that did for each other than friends that just associate with each other. “Any one who has been sick and had Mrs. Ashida walk nobody can calculate how many miles to bring them some of the wonderful soup she makes. Or the flowers she grows where you wouldn’t expect a flower to grow. And last year at the coun ....