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granddaughter was a doctor at the Center for Disease<br />

Control in Atlanta, refused to allow his family to retire<br />

him and move him to Chicago. His passion was cars,<br />

and he knew that if he lived with his son, he wouldn't be<br />

permitted, at his age and with his eyesight, to get a<br />

driver's license. His other passion was gin rummy, and<br />

after a sixty-year tournament, William Bredforet now<br />

owed him at least on paper almost $9 million.<br />

Mary Bredforet told people that the two men had<br />

enjoyed bickering together too long for anything but<br />

death to shut them up.<br />

On Elizabeth Circle, Deeds slammed to a stop<br />

behind Ramona Dingley's red Firebird. Its tinsel<br />

modernity offended him. "Shantytown morning glory,"<br />

he sneered at the car.<br />

"You want to sit out here or come inside with us?"<br />

"Whut I want to sit in there for?"<br />

"Well, stay out here then. Just keep your nose out<br />

from under Ramona's hood."<br />

"You s'pose' to take your nap at one o'clock. I bet<br />

I haf to come git you like always."<br />

"I bet you better not," said William in a tone that

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