ON tin Meado to make t express bus    reets, but by time t toerminal t city nigin liked to get    year    been -- ired and,    nular uter ion, eention to til te. On 9- in al t trip    t t ry air. It used to be t at t o t in t year nearness brougension and    anticipate ti o tcs of passing too Martin tryside seemed vast and somee t evening. ook    from t    of    a fees before time to pull the cord.

        ttage op,    not directly o and opposite yard aage    too    of yard. In summer t and brigin carefully tended a florellis. But during ttage seemed naked. Lig evening in all ttle in    eps opped to move a    of the way.

        tent on play t t door    first unnoticed. Martin stood looking at tom draary and taken out tmas decorations. Andy o plug in tmas tree lig-of-seasoivity on t t rying to trail t cord over Mariannes rog    on tartling in s little baby girl up to    hers legs.

        "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!"

        Marti dotle girl carefully and simes like a pendulum. tmas tree cord.

        "s all tuff doing out?    it ba t to fool    socket. Remember I told you t before. I mean it, Andy."

        t tary drain stroked    enderly on the childs frail neck.

        ", Bumpkin?"

        "It . toast ;

        tumbled o surprise of to cry; Martin picked o t.

        "See, Daddy," said Andy. "toast --"

        Emily able. tes    and eggs and silver mugs t ter of amon toast, untouc for ooote. Martin sen pied nibbed gingerly. t toast into t; o;

        Emily aken tin of ne for the amon.

        "I like to    up," Andy said. "Drank er and ran outdoors and opened my mout eat none."

        "Any," corrected Martin. ood c;ell, ts t, I guess," ;;

        "S;

        Martic up to side ted for a moment to still    knod onside the door behind him.

        Emily sat in t room. Sumbler and as ered s ttitude t o y.

        "Oy! You ime slipped up on me. I    going do; S ood unresponsive sepped back a pad giggled nervously.

        "s tter anding t;

        &qu ; Marti over tumbler from t;If you could only realize    is for all of us."

        Emily spoke in a false, airy voice t oo familiar to en at sucimes sed a slig, copying perress s;I    t idea o t of s , pray tell me? Im quite all rige all rig;

        "So anyone    see."

        As s into ty. Surned on ter and dasted oured and young, unblemished.

        "I    going doo make dinner." Sottered and balanced o the door frame.

        "Ill take care of dinner. You stay up    up."

        "Ill do not. ;

        "Please," Martin said.

        "Leave me alone. Im quite all rig on t;

        "Mind ;

        "Mind yrandmot;

        So Martin caug;I dont    to see you in tion. Be reasonable."

        "dition!" Emily jerked ;ernoon youre trying to make me out a drunkard. dition!    even touc s bars. And ts more t even ail at diime. I only sometimes , I ask you, is t? dition!"

        Martin sougo calm ;ell    supper by ourselves up s a good girl." Emily sat on ture. "Ill be ba a jiffy."

        As airs    in tion as to ill living in Alabama tails as a matter of course. For years t bedtime a long nig get a buzz on, migtle tig alcoo     er ransferred o Ne Martiainly oo mucippling, iced, during the day.

        tried to analyze to orix of to aodate o tricter, lonelier mores of ties of moto y, so    tifice of als of intinensidiously undermined ions of imes of unexplainable malevoleimes ent coarseness in Emily, insistent ural simplicity. S drinking and deceived ed stratagems.

        t. ing    a year ago, ed    and naked from riking table edge, so t a to toxicated. As Martin cradled t cely precious at t moment, ed vision of ture.

        t day Mariaies of beer, or slandisbox of empty crême de menttles. Martin found a dependable maid ly. Virgie in ell Emily tomary in Neirely secret no imperceptible -- a looseness of movement or times of irresponsibilities, sucoast, in could dismiss    t, y ent, a t of indefined disaster t underlay his days.
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