The story takes place at the wake of the doctor.
So not everyone was at the wake for the master.
And the stories the old ones told at the wake could make you sick.
She stopped, so that he had to stop or else run right into her, and said, "Were you at the wake last night?"
He looked at the wide wake left by the boat and tried to see the body.
Indeed, I realize now, they had not been at the wake, either.
"Now we'll have to give him the name at the wake."
The crowd at the wake was already enormous when we arrived.
I was the one always looking over the side of a boat at the wake.
Should such a sad day arrive, I certainly wouldn't want to miss the food at the wake.