Source Note: Original contemporary fiction excerpt. Passage: Ephraim carved gravestones with letters deep enough to hold rain. A customer asked him to omit the word "beloved" from a marker because the deceased father had been difficult, not beloved. The form looked bare without it; tradition seemed to tug at Ephraim's chisel. He asked the customer for a truer word. They settled on "remembered," and Ephraim cut the letters slowly, feeling