Laura was at the depot half an hour before Iris was due to arrive. The police won't let them do anything, Laura said, pretending anassurance she didn't feel. No one would guess they couldn't understand one word of whatJonnie was saying. Ain't she something'? Betsy's proud young nurse Jewel's niece,Samantha demanded.
Laura worried about Iris's efforts to transform herself into a flapper. No priest can absolve us for that oath breaking, for a word sworn before the Gods resonates throughout time. You're sure that the bank is about to foreclose on the Donnell place? the Judge's younger son asked. She had enormous equity, shereminded herself if cornered, she could sell other properties.
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