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Chapter 7

           ThencameDick,withhisarmsfulloftheslackhehadtakenupfromothers,deeplymergedinhisownparty.

           Thenhermother,foreverperfect.

           ThenBarbantalkingtohermotherwithanurbanefluencythatmadeRosemarylikehimagain.ThenNicole.Rosemarysawhersuddenlyinanewwayandfoundheroneofthemostbeautifulpeopleshehadeverknown.Herface,thefaceofasaint,avikingMadonna,shonethroughthefaintmotesthatsnowedacrossthecandlelight,drewdownitsflushfromthewine-coloredlanternsinthepine.Shewasstillasstill.

           AbeNorthwastalkingtoherabouthismoralcode:"OfcourseI’vegotone,"heinsisted,"amancan’tlivewithoutamoralcode.MineisthatI’magainsttheburningofwitches.WhenevertheyburnawitchIgetallhotunderthecollar."RosemaryknewfromBradythathewasamusicianwhoafterabrilliantandprecociousstarthadcomposednothingforsevenyears.

           NextwasCampion,managingsomehowtorestrainhismostblatanteffeminacy,andeventovisituponthosenearhimacertaindisinterestedmotherliness.ThenMaryNorthwithafacesomerrythatitwasimpossiblenottosmilebackintothewhitemirrorsofherteeththewholeareaaroundherpartedlipswasalovelylittlecircleofdelight.

           FinallyBrady,whoseheartinessbecame,momentbymoment,asocialthinginsteadofacrudeassertionandreassertionofhisownmentalhealth,andhispreservationofitbyadetachmentfromthefrailtiesofothers.

           Rosemary,asdewywithbeliefasachildfromoneofMrs.Burnett’svicioustracts,hadaconvictionofhomecoming,ofareturnfromthederisiveandsalaciousimprovisationsofthefrontier.

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