[ WP ] A grave digger meets a body snatcher . Describe their exchange and conflict .

I had gotten to the bottom of the grave when I saw him again. 
 
 I'd never been close enough to see his face, but I'd seen his work. I'd walked to the edge of the pit and looked down into the empty coffin, the stained silk lining, and I'd sighed, reached down with my spade, and flicked the lid shut before beginning to shovel the dirt back over it. I do n't know why, but it always seemed to take so much longer the second time. Shoveling the same dirt in what was sometimes the same twenty-four hours and I began to imagine I recognized the same clods of dirt, the same little rocks. 
 
 I'd seen him watching me before, his big black cloak flapping around him. He probably thought it made him look mysterious. He would have been a lot more mysterious if he'd tried to blend in. 
 
 I climbed out of the grave. The coffin sat beside me, waiting. Harry would be back in half an hour to help me lower it in. I'd have to be quick. 
 
 I picked up the pry bar that I usually only used on rocks and slammed it between the lid and the base of the coffin. It did n't take me long to get it up. I looked back towards where I last saw him. Still there. No closer. Probably he thought I was trying to trap him. As if. The last thing I had was a hero complex. 
 
 I walked away. I went to the cemetery gate, leaned against its twisted iron bars, and lit a cigarette. It was n't even twenty minutes before Harry was back, pushing a wheelbarrow, panting. 
 
 `` Really, Ned?'' he said. `` Finished already?'' 
 
 `` Yep,'' I said. `` All done.'' 
 
 We walked back to the grave. The coffin lid had been replaced. We set up the lowering device and settled the coffin into the straps. 
 
 `` Does this feel lighter to you?'' Harry asked. 
 
 `` I wish,'' I said. `` These things get heavier every day. I think I'm working too hard.'' 
 
 `` You should give yourself a break, Ned,'' Harry said. `` You work way too hard.'' 
 
 I laughed. `` You think I do n't already know that?'' 
 
 I did n't tell him that my work was about to get a whole lot easier.
