C07b. Sitting on the dock of the bay

Sittin' here resting my bones
And this loneliness won't leave me alone
It's two thousand miles I roamed
Just to make this dock my home

—Quotation from Sitting on the dock of the bay, written by Otis Redding and Steve Cropper, 1967
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Laura's return to the household was an occasion of celebration. However, she had changed during her time away. Although she lived happily with the other women from that day on, she would spend hours at a time in silent contemplation on her own.