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1. What makes Georgie question the validity of her sister's funeral?

Gerogie questions whether the body in the coffin is her sister Agatha's because the corpse was so badly mutilated that it was impossible to make a clear identification. The only method used to identify the body was the ball gown the corpse was wearing, and Georgie questions why her sister would have been wearing the fancy gown while traveling anyway.

2. How does Grandfather Bolte express compassion towards Georgie during the funeral?

During Agatha's funeral, Grandfather Bolte quietly loosens the tight buttons on the neck of Georgie's borrowed black dress. This simple gesture expresses his compassion for both her mental and physical suffering at the moment.

3. Why does Ma cut a scrap of cloth from the corpse's body?

Ma believes that the corpse that Sheriff McCabe brings back from Dog Hollow is her first-born daughter, Agatha. She cuts a scrap of cloth from the dress the corpse is wearing as a memento of the child she has lost. Like many women of the nineteenth century, Ma handmade her daughters' dresses, and this particular dress had been a ball gown that had been lovingly sewn for the purpose of capturing a husband.

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