Michael Malone - Weebly

"Suellen Hayes told me this morning. She heard her
parents talking about it when they got home. Her dad
was stinko." Polly checked to be sure the rector had
heard that tidbit. "And Mr. Hayes was laughing out
loud. 'I never would have believed it of ol'
WeanieBeanie.' (He called Mrs. Abernathy that.) 'Who
in hell would have thought…' (I'm just telling you what
Suellen told me in homeroom), 'who in hell would have
thought that ol' WeanieBeanie had the imagination to
commit adultery?'"
"Hum."
"He said that news ought to really shake up the old
town, except he was sorry because he liked Mr.
Abernathy and he liked ol'
WeanieBeanie, too. He said he wished they'd find
out Mr. Ransom was a dope peddler and Mrs. Ransom
was a fiend or something."
Sloan Highwick frowned. He had, after all, his
pastoral duties.
"That was not very nice of Mr. Hayes, perhaps.
Hum. Do you know what adultery means?"
"Of course I do. It means a sexual affair." Polly