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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    10:02 pm
    @@@@@If we are to act, let it be in a theatre
    @@@@@If we are to act, let it be in a theatre completely
    fitted up with pit, boxes, and gallery, and let us have a play entire
    from beginning to end; so as it be a German play, no matter what,
    with a good tricking, shifting afterpiece, and a figure-dance, and a
    hornpipe, and a song between the actsIf we do not outdo Ecclesford,
    we do nothing
    110
    Mansfield Park
    “Now, Edmund, do not be disagreeable,” said Julia“Nobody loves
    a play better than you do, or can have gone much farther to see
    one
    “True, to see real acting, good hardened real acting; but I would
    hardly walk from this room to the next to look at the raw efforts of
    those who have not been bred to the trade: a set of gentlemen and
    ladies, who have all the disadvantages of education and decorum to
    struggle through
    After a short pause, however, the subject still continued, and was
    discussed with unabated eagerness, every one’s inclination increasing
    by the discussion, and a knowledge of the inclination of the
    rest; and though nothing was settled but that Tom Bertram would
    prefer a comedy, and his sisters and Henry Crawford a tragedy, and
    that nothing in the world could be easier than to find a piece which
    would please them all, the resolution to act something or other
    seemed so decided as to make Edmund quite uncomfortableHe
    was determined to prevent it, if possible, though his mother, who
    equally heard the conversation which passed at table, did not evince
    the least disapprobation
    The same evening afforded him an opportunity of trying his
    strengthMaria, Julia, Henry Crawford, and MrYates were in the
    billiard-roomTom, returning from them into the drawing-room,
    where Edmund was standing thoughtfully by the fire, while Lady
    Bertram was on the sofa at a little distance, and Fanny close beside
    her arranging her work, thus began as he entered—”Such a horribly
    vile billiard-table as ours is not to be met with, I believe, above
    groundI can stand it no longer, and I think, I may say, that nothing
    shall ever tempt me to it again; but one good thing I have just
    ascertained: it is the very room for a theatre, precisely the shape and
    length for it; and the doors at the farther end, communicating with
    each other, as they may be made to do in five minutes, by merely
    moving the bookcase in my father’s room, is the very thing we could
    have desired, if we had sat down to wish for it; and my father’s room
    will be an excellent greenroomIt seems to join the billiard-room
    on purpose
    “You are not serious, Tom, in meaning to act?” said Edmund, in a
    low voice, as his brother approached the fire
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    Jane Austen
    “Not serious! never more so, I assure youWhat is there to surprise
    you in it?”
    “I think it would be very wrongIn a general light, private theatricals
    are open to some objections, but as we are circumstanced, I
    must think it would be highly injudicious, and more than injudicious
    to attempt anything of the kindIt would shew great want of
    feeling on my father’s account, absent as he is, and in some degree
    of constant danger; and it would be imprudent, I think, with regard
    to Maria, whose situation is a very delicate one, considering everything,
    extremely delicate
    “You take up a thing so seriously! as if we were going to act three
    times a week till my father’s return, and invite all the countryBut it
    is not to be a display of that sortWe mean nothing but a little
    amusement among ourselves, just to vary the scene, and exercise
    our powers in something newWe want no audience, no publicity
    We may be trusted, I think, in chusing some play most perfectly
    unexceptionable; and I can conceive no greater harm or danger to
    any of us in conversing in the elegant written language of some
    respectable author than in chattering in words of our ownI have
    no fears and no scruplesAnd as to my father’s being absent, it is so
    far from an objection, that I consider it rather as a motive; for the
    expectation of his return must be a very anxious period to my mother;
    and if we can be the means of amusing that anxiety, and keeping up
    her spirits for the next few weeks, I shall think our time very well
    spent, and so, I am sure, wil
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    10:02 pm
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    At this moment he got his ideaHe could jazz up the map-reading class by having a full-size color photograph of Betty Grable in a bathing suit, with a co-ordinate grid system laid over itThe instructor could point to different parts of her and say, "Give me the coordinates
    Goddam, what an ladies omega constellation idea! The Major chuckled out of sheer pleasureIt would make those troopers wake up and pay some attention in map class
    But where was he going to get a life-size photograph? The Major chased a coil of ash with the tip of his cigarHe could ask quartermaster but he was goddamned if he'd make a fool of himself filling out a requisition for thatMaybe Chaplain Davis, who was a good necklace chanel egg -- but, no, he'd better not ask him
    Dalleson scratched his headHe could write a letter to Army Headquarters, Special ServicesThey probably wouldn't have Grable, but any pin-up girl would doAnd in the meantime he might send a letter to the War Department Training Aids SectionThey were out for improvements like thatThe Major could see every unit in the Army using his idea at chanel clutch lastHe clenched his fists with excitementhe station wagon raced south down a backcountry road through the hills of New Hampshire
    toward the Massachusetts border, the driver a long-framed man, his sharp-featured face intense, his
    clear light-blue eyes furious
    “We knew it would happen,” said Marie St“It was merely a question of time
    “It’s crazy!” David whispered so as not to’ cheap chanel purses wake the children“Everything’s buried, maximum
    archive security and all the rest of that crap! How did anyone find Alex and Mo?”
    “We don’t know, but Alex will start lookingThere’s no one better than Alex, you said that
    yourself—”
    “He’s marked now—he’s a dead man,” interrupted Webb grimly“They’ll kill him and come
    after me after us, which is why you and the kids are heading mulberry bag s
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    10:03 pm
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    this ship I've got to get Cat off, find a place to hide, find another
    shipI've got two trunks in the hold with
    frilly dresses and Colum's rifles in themWhat in the name of God am
    I going to do? Her mind raced from one impossible idea to another
    while she stared blindly at the group below herSlowly rolex ladies watches her brain
    registered what she was seeing: Rhett was bowing, kissing one
    gracefully extended hand after anotherHer ears opened to the
    repeated "goodbye and thank you" of the womenBut
    Scarlett was notHer protective rage had disappeared, and her heart
    was exposedI can look at him all I want
    Please, please don't put your hat back on, cartier womens Rhett
    His skin was brown, his smile as white as his linen suit
    He was the only man in the world who didn't wrinkle linenAh, that
    lock of hair that annoyed him so was falling down on his forehead
    again
    Rhett flicked it back with two fingers in a gesture that Scarlett knew
    so well she felt weak-kneed with possessive memory
    What was he Jimmy choo handbag saying? Something outrageously charming, she was
    sure, but
    he was using that low intimate voice he saved for women
    And curse those womenShe wanted that voice murmuring to her,
    only
    herThe ship's captain walked down the gangplank, adjusting the set
    of his gold epauletted jacketDon't make them hurry, Scarlett wanted
    to shoutStay, old omega stay just a little longerI'll
    never see him againLet me store up the sight of himHe must have
    just had his share cut, there's the tiniest pale line above hisearsIs
    that more gray at the temples? It looks so elegant, the silver
    streaking his crow-black hairI remember how it felt under my
    fingers,
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    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    10:03 pm
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    @@@@@But she–it got in, didn't it?”
    “It's almost been killed half a dozen –”
    “Yet it's still breathing, isn't it?”
    They were quiet for a long timeSo long that I started to think about moving out of the
    cramped ball I was curled in, but I didn't want to make any noise by lying downI wished Ian
    would leave so I could sleepThe adrenaline left me so worn out when it drained from my
    system
    “I think I'm going to go talk to Jeb,” Ian eventually whispered
    “Oh,that's a great idea Jared's voice was thick with sarcasm
    “Do you remember that first night? When it jumped between you and Kyle? That was bizarre
    “It was just trying to find a way to stay alive, to escape”
    “By giving Kyle the go-ahead to kill her–it? Good planDid she know he was on his way?”
    “You're overthinking this, IanThat's what it wants
    “I don't think you're rightI don't know why… but I don't think she wants us to think about her
    at all I heard Ian get to his feet“You know what's really twisted?” he muttered, his voice no
    longer a whisper
    “What's that?”
    “I feltguilty –guilty as hell–watching her flinch away from usSeeing the black marks on her
    neck
    “You can't let it get to you like that Jared was suddenly disturbed
    “Just because she isn't human, do you think that means she doesn't feel pain?” Ian asked as his
    voice faded into the distance“That she doesn't feel just like a girl who's been beaten–beaten by
    us?”
    “Get a hold of yourself,” Jared hissed after him
    “See you around, Jared
    Jared didn't relax for a long time after Ian left; he paced for a while, back and forth in front of
    the cave, and then sat on the mat, blocking my light, and muttered incomprehensibly to himself
    I gave up waiting for him to fall asleep, and stretched out as well as I could on the bowl-like
    f
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    9:55 pm
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    "No one gets killed," I agreed, hoping this would
    be true, but once that phantom limb was given free
    rein, all bets were offThat's why my second
    career had to endBut there would be this one
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    And not just for Illy; for Perse's other victims,
    as well
    "Do you hear from Jack?" Wireman asked
    "Just about every weekHe's going to FSU in
    Tallahassee in the fallIn the meantime,
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    Charlotte
    "Was that also your treat?"
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    Crohn's Disease, he and his mother had had a bit
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    "And your idea?"
    "Right again
    "So you think Port Charlotte's going to be far
    enough south to be safe
    "And north? What about Tampa?"
    "Rain-showers at mostIt's going to be a small
    storm
    "A tight little Alice
    We sat looking at each other, and the girls
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    louder and waving more enthusiastically than
    beforeSweet bird of youth, flying on afternoon
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    When they were gone, Wireman said: "Miss
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    He thought it over, then noddedSend the
    whole island to Davy Jones's locker He picked up the silver cylinder, turned his
    attention to the little orange flag over the
    fissure that splits the middle of Lake Phalen,
    then looked back at me"Want to say any final
    words, muchacho?"
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    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    9:55 pm
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    193
    Jane Austen
    wear it as soon as I could, and that I might not have such another
    opportunity all the winterI hope you do not think me too fine
    “A woman can never be too fine while she is all in whiteNo, I see
    no finery about you; nothing but what is perfectly properYour
    gown seems very prettyI like these glossy spotsHas not Miss
    Crawford a gown something the same?”
    In approaching the Parsonage they passed close by the stable-yard
    and coach-house
    “Heyday!” said Edmund, “here’s company, here’s a carriage! who
    have they got to meet us?” And letting down the side-glass to distinguish,
    “’Tis Crawford’s, chanel handbags sale Crawford’s barouche, I protest! There are
    his own two men pushing it back into its old quartersHe is here, of
    courseThis is quite a surprise, FannyI shall be very glad to see
    him
    There was no occasion, there was no time for Fanny to say how
    very differently she felt; but the idea of having such another to observe
    her was a great increase of the trepidation with which she
    performed the very awful ceremony of walking into the drawingroom
    In the drawing-room MrCrawford certainly was, having been
    just long enough arrived to be ready for dinner; and the smiles and
    pleased looks of the three others standing round him, shewed how
    welcome was his sudden resolution of gucci backpacks coming to them for a few
    days on leaving BathA very cordial meeting passed between him
    and Edmund; and with the exception of Fanny, the pleasure was
    general; and even to her there might be some advantage in his presence,
    since every addition to the party must rather forward her
    favourite indulgence of being suffered to sit silent and unattended
    toShe was soon aware of this herself; for though she must submit,
    as her own propriety of mind directed, in spite of her aunt Norris’s
    opinion, to being the principal lady in company, and to all the little
    distinctions consequent thereon, she found, while they were at table,
    such a happy flow of conversation birkin hermes prevailing, in which she was not
    required to take any part—there was so much to be said between
    the brother and sister about Bath, so much between the two young
    men about hunting, so much of politics between MrGrant, and of everything and all together between MrCrawford
    194
    Mansfield Park
    and MrsGrant, as to leave her the fairest prospect of having only to
    listen in quiet, and of passing a very agreeable dayShe could not
    compliment the newly arrived gentleman, however, with any appearance
    of interest, in a scheme for extending his stay at Mansfield,
    and sending for his hunters from Norfolk, which, suggested by Dr
    Grant, advised by Edmund, and warmly urged by the louis vuitton duffle bag two sisters,
    was soon in possession of his mind, and which he seemed to want
    to be encouraged even by her to resolve onHer opinion was sought
    as to the probable continuance of the open weather, but her answers
    were as short and indifferent as civility allowedShe could not wish
    him to stay, and would much rather not have him speak to her
    Her two absent cousins, especially Maria, were much in her
    thoughts on seeing him; but no embarrassing remembrance affected
    his spiritsHere he was again on the same ground where all had
    passed before, and apparently as willing to stay and be happy without
    the Miss Bertrams, as if he had never known Mansfield in any
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    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    10:00 pm
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    “We may not,” said Webb“Whoever it is won’t fold so fastIt’s not like the Jackal to leave an
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    “The Jackal? You think it’s Carlos himself?”
    “Not him, of course, but someone on his payroll, someone so unlikely he could carry a sign
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    “I hear a man from the past, a man who never was
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    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    10:04 pm
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    Scarlett lowered herself onto a small chairIf only Rhett were there
    to join the tea partyBut he wasn't, and he never would be, and she
    had to accept itHe would have tea parties with his other child,
    his other children-by AnneScarlett resisted the ladies watches gucci impulse to grab Cat
    in her arms"I'd like two lumps of sugar, please, Miss O'Hara," she
    saidThat night Scarlett couldn't sleep
    She sat upright in the center of her exquisite French bed with her
    silk-covered eiderdown wrapped closely around her for warmthBut
    the
    warmth and comfort she wanted was to feel Rhett's arms around her,
    to
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    at it and at the error of giving itShe wanted comfort for her
    disappointmentShe wanted love, grown-up caring and
    understanding
    Her heart had learned to love, it was overflowing with love, and she
    had nowhere to spend itDamn Rhett for getting in the way! Why
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    she didn't want him, that was the problemShe didn't want anybody
    except RhettIt's not fair! she thought, like a childAnd, like a
    child, eventually she cried herself to sleep
    When she woke, she was in control of herself once moreSo what prada bag if
    everyone had hated her party? So what if Colum hadn't stayed more
    than
    ten minutes? She had other friends, and she was going to make lots
    moreNow that the house was finally done, Charlotte was busy as a
    spider spinning a web with plans about the futureAnd in the
    meantime, the weather was perfect for hunting, and MrsSims had
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    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    10:03 pm
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    silly after a couple of passesThen he sat down on the floor beside the open end of the screen
    The gun eventually settled on his folded legs, and his chin into his cupped handsAfter a long
    time, he sighedGuard duty was not as exciting as he'd been expecting
    I did not get bored watching him
    After maybe an hour or two, he started looking at me again, flickering glancesHis lips opened
    a few times, and then he thought better of whatever he was going to say
    I laid my chin on my knees and waited as he struggledMy patience was rewarded
    “That planet you were coming from before you were in Melanie,” he finally said“What was it
    like there? Was it like here?”
    The direction of his thoughts caught me off guardWith only Jamie here, it felt
    right to speak normally instead of whispering“No, it was very different
    “Will you tell me what it was like?” he asked, cocking his head to one side the way he used to
    when he was really interested in one of Melanie's bedtime stories
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    “Is that the only other place?” he asked when I fell silent, trying to think of anything I'd missed
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    So I told him about the Bats on the Singing World–how it was to live in musical blindness,
    how it was to flyI told him about the Mists Planet–how it felt to have thick white fur and four
    hearts to keep warm, how to give claw beasts a wide berth
    I started to tell him about the Planet of the Flowers, about the color and the light, but he
    interrupted me with a new question
    “What about the little green guys with the triangle heads and the big black eyes? The ones who
    crashed in Roswell and all
    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    9:55 pm
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    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    9:55 pm
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    shewed a discretion highly to be commendedBut now, when he
    has made his overtures so properly, and honourably—what are your
    scruples now?”
    “You are mistaken, sir,” cried Fanny, forced by the anxiety of the
    moment even to tell her uncle that he was wrong; “you are quite
    mistakenCrawford say such a thing? I gave him no
    encouragement yesterdayOn the contrary, I told him, I cannot
    recollect my exact words, but I am sure I told him that I would not
    listen to him, that it was very unpleasant to me in every respect, and
    that I begged him never to talk to me in that manner againI am
    sure I said as much as that and more; and I should have said still
    more, if I had been quite certain of his meaning anything seriously;
    but I did not like to be, I could not bear to be, imputing more than
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    might be intendedI thought it might all pass for nothing with
    him
    She could say no more; her breath was almost gone
    “Am I to understand,” said Sir Thomas, after a few moments’
    silence, “that you mean to refuse MrCrawford?”
    “Yes, sir
    “Refuse him?”
    “Yes, sirCrawford! Upon what plea? For what reason?”
    “I—I cannot like him, sir, well enough to marry him
    “This is very strange!” said Sir Thomas, in a voice of calm displeasure
    “There is something in this which my comprehension does
    not reachHere is a young man wishing to pay his addresses to you,
    with everything to recommend him: not merely situation in life,
    fortune, and character, but with more than common agreeableness,
    with address and conversation pleasing to everybodyAnd he is not
    an acquaintance of to-day; you have now known him some time
    His sister, moreover, is your intimate friend, and he has been doing
    that for your brother, which I should suppose would have been almost
    sufficient recommendation to you, had there been no otherIt
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    “Yes,” said Fanny, in a faint voice, and looking down with fresh
    shame; and she did feel almost ashamed of herself, after such a picture
    as her uncle had drawn, for not liking Mr
    “You must have been aware,” continued Sir Thomas presently,
    “you must have been some time aware of a particularity in Mr
    Crawford’s manners to youThis cannot have taken you by surprise
    You must have observed his attentions; and though you always
    received them very properly (I have no accusation to make on
    that head), I never perceived them to be unpleasant to youI am
    half inclined to think, Fanny, that you do not quite know your own
    feelings
    “Oh yes, sir! indeed I d
    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    10:08 pm
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    “And what will you do?”
    “What he’s doing nowBecome a tourist in Montserrat, a roving ‘guest’ at Tranquility Inn
    Bourne again reached down for the radio; he picked it up, pressed the button and gave his orders
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    “You will not heed my words, then,” said Fontaine, lowering the binoculars and looking at
    Jason“Monsieur le Caméléon goes to work
    “He goes to work,” replied Bourne, replacing the radio on the sill
    “If you or the Jackal or both of you are killed, others may die, innocent people slaughtered—”
    “Not because of me
    “Does it matter? Does it matter to the victims or their families who is responsible?”
    “I didn’t choose the circumstances, old man, they were chosen for me
    “You can change them, alter them
    “He has no conscience—”
    “You’re one hell of an authority on that score
    “I accept the rebuke, but I have lost something of great value to mePerhaps it’s why I discern a
    conscience in you—a part of you
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    149
    “Beware the sanctimonious reformer Jason started for the door and the beribboned military
    tunic that hung on an old coatrack alongside the visored officer’s hat“Among other things he’s a
    bore
    “Shouldn’t you be watching the path below while the priests are detained? It will take some time
    for StJacques to get the items you asked for
    Bourne stopped and turned, his eyes cold on the verbose old FrenchmanHe wanted to leave, to
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    would be stupid not to watch what happened belowAn awkward, unusual reaction on the part of
    someone, an abrupt, startled glance by someone in an unexpected direction—it was the little things,
    the sudden involuntary, precisely imprecise small motions that so often pointed to the concealed
    string that was the fuse leading to the explosive trap
    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
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    I felt tears well up at thatI suppose I did know,
    but it was nice to hear someone else say it out
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    was to scrape caked-on grime off those troublesome
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    The loudspeaker honked: Delta flight 559, service
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    "Go on, hon, better let em wand your bod and check
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    "I have one other thing to say first
    I threw up the one hand I still had"What now,
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    She smiled at that: it was what I'd called both
    girls when my patience was finally nearing an end
    "Thank you for not telling me that Carson and I
    are too young to be engaged
    "Would it have done any good?"
    "NoBesides, your mother will do an adequate job
    of that for both of us, I think
    Ilse scrunched her mouth into an ouch shape, then
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    She gave me one more strong hugI breathed deep
    of her hair - that good sweet smell of shampoo and
    young, healthy womanShe pulled back and looked
    at my man-of-all-work, standing considerately off
    to one side"You better take good care of him,
    Jack
    They hadn't fallen in love - no breaks there,
    muchacho - but he gave her a warm smile
    "And he promised to get an opinion on his pictures
    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
    10:03 pm
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    “That's true,” he agreed, his voice subdued
    “Why are they so kind to her?” I whispered
    “Well, that's your fault
    I stared up at him, surprised to see the slight curve of his mouth; he was teasing me
    “Mine?”
    His small smile wavered“They didn't want to feel like monstersThey're trying to
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    Their kindess was for me, not for herMy shoulders felt lighter
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    Friday, December 17th, 2010
    10:03 pm
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    The mother and the son pack up the paints and easel, start back in the chilly spring afternoon from their jaunt outside the town, sketching the meager hills on the plain
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    When I was a little girl, I always used to dream I'd have a little boy and I'd go out with him and paint, just like thisCome on, I'll teach you a funny song while we go back
    What is Boston like? he asks
    Oh, it's a big city, it's dirty, coooold, everybody's always dressed up
    Like Pa?
    She laughs doubtfullyNow, don't you say anything to him about what we did this afternoon
    Was it wrong?
    No, now you just march right on home with me, and don't say a word to him, it's a secret
    He hates her suddenly, and is quiet, moody, as they walk back to the townThat night he tells his father, listens with a kind of delicious glee and fright to the quarrel that follows
    I'm going to tell you that that boy is all your fault, you indulge him, you bring out the worst in him, you never could get over leaving Boston, now, could you, we're really not fine enough out here for you
    I'll be damned, I'm going to send him to military school, he's old enough to shift for himself, at nine years old a boy has to start thinking how to act like a manMilitary school's all right, that boy likes to listen to things about the war
    What is partially behind it all is the conversation Cyrus has had with the town doctorThe fabulous beard, the hard shrewd eyes have twinkled at him, got a little of their own backCummings, there ain't a damn thing can be done now, it's over my head, if he were a little older I'd say take the boy over to Sally's and let him git some jism in his system

    The basic good-bye at the age of ten, the railroad train, the farewell to the muddy roads at the periphery of town, the gaunt family houses, the smell of his father's bank, and the laundry on the li
    Saturday, December 11th, 2010
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