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Which line from the excerpt contains irony? "bill, she made it after all. " "thought we were going to have to get on without you, tessie. " "wouldn’t have me leave m’dishes in the sink, now, would you, joe?" "here comes your missus, hutchinson. "

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“Thought we were going to have to get on without you, Tessie.”

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The line that contains irony is "bill, she made it after all." The use of "made it" suggests that Tessie has accomplished something, but the irony is that she has actually "lost" the lottery and is about to be stoned to death.
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