Claire.It was the last candle left within the Indian Agent. The last glimmer. He curled himself around it to keep it alive, and when the storm inhaled he studied his right hand, could feel her beside him in the carriage that night and, as if he could insist on this, looked up the depression he was calling a road, for the cabman's blindered horse, huffing through the snow, its lanterns swinging. Claire waiting for him on the worn velvet seat. . Stephen Graham Jones
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The Indian Agent, who visited the camp of the trappers, was a country man who had left his home and family behind to travel to be with his old friends. The Indian Agent informed the trapper's that his wife was ill and would not be joining them on their journey. The Indian Agent also mentioned that he had lost his daughter to a sickness and they were the only family he had left. Through their conversation, the old trapper was able to feel a sense of closeness to this man who never hurried through his words and had a genuine kindness for their fellows.

The old trapper felt that this man had been through a lot in his life and knew what it was like to feel lost and alone. In the end, he said goodbye to him as if he was leaving a part of himself behind as well.

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