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"We all left our houses unlocked for each other and for just such a wayfarer, so no one felt it odd in those days if you came home and found a stranger making himself comfortable."
The "home-y", rural feel that the great plains of South Dakota give to both the reader and the characters in the story a sense of amiability and freedom from formality. Such a setting enables the semi-romantic encounters which Abba and John Marsh share in the few stolen moments of the night before, the night before Christmas.
"To the west, the sky was thickening up pretty bad. A sky like this in Kentucky might not say the same thing to a man."
This reflection on the signs of the skies turns out to be a catalyst for capricious behavior on the part of Abba. The setting pushes Abigail onward with Sam to chase after John Marsh- creating a place in which Abigail can realize who her true love is. At once, these thoughts spur Abba to seek John in a romantic and movie-esque fashion- and yet draw her closer to the animal on which she chases.
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