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father's just about to bust a gut, Father. You know?<br />

Maybe I shouldn't have told him, just gotten it over<br />

with. Tie the old knot. What do you think?"<br />

What was he supposed to think? "I think it's always<br />

best to be as open as you can. Do you, well, love her?"<br />

"Oh, sure, yeah, sure, I guess so. She's okay. But<br />

the thing is, she's not Catholic, so, well, you know. My<br />

father is. Real gung-ho. So he's in a bind, you know. I<br />

mean abortion is no-go. Well, hell." The young doctor's<br />

grin looped above his white tunic. "I got out of Vietnam,<br />

I guess you can't get out of everything. You know?<br />

Don't blink."<br />

"Jonathan! How terribly nice," cried Mrs. Troyes<br />

when the trim, curly-haired cleric burst upon her like a<br />

night in Reno with his tinted contact lenses. Yes, he had<br />

time to share a quick cocktail with her at Dingley Falls's<br />

Old Towne Inn. So Evelyn's heart was full as she<br />

floored the Chrysler and left behind Argyle and Beanie<br />

Abernathy, unseen at the intersection, in the blur of her<br />

rearview mirror.<br />

chapter 4

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