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           Finallyhisgumsshowedinableachedsmileandhereachedforthepencil."Bygolly!"hesaidandheadedoffwiththepenciltosignthelastplaceonthelist.Afterbreakfast,walkingdownthehall,McMurphystoppedandprintedC-A-P-TbehindGeorge’sname.

           Thewhoreswerelate.Everybodywasbeginningtothinktheyweren’tcomingatallwhenMcMurphygaveayellfromthewindowandweallwentrunningtolook.Hesaidthatwasthem,butwedidn’tseebutonecar,insteadofthetwowewerecountingon,andjustonewoman.McMurphycalledtoherthroughthescreenwhenshestoppedontheparkinglot,andshecamecuttingstraightacrossthegrasstowardourward.

           Shewasyoungerandprettierthananyofus’dfiguredon.Everybodyhadfoundoutthatthegirlswerewhoresinsteadofaunts,andwereexpectingallsortsofthings.Someofthereligiousguysweren’tanytoohappyaboutit.Butseeinghercominglightfootedacrossthegrasswithhereyesgreenallthewayuptotheward,andherhair,ropedinalongtwistatthebackofherhead,jouncingupanddownwitheverysteplikecopperspringsinthesun,allanyofuscouldthinkofwasthatshewasagirl,afemalewhowasn’tdressedwhitefromheadtofootlikeshe’dbeendippedinfrost,andhowshemadehermoneydidn’tmakeanydifference.

           SheranrightupagainstthescreenwhereMcMurphywasandhookedherfingersthroughthemeshandpulledherselfagainstit.Shewaspantingfromtherun,andeverybreathlookedlikeshemightswellrightthroughthemesh.Shewascryingalittle.