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mile circuit of Elizabeth Circle that had been interrupted
by Evelyn Troyes.
Ransom had sent for Joe MacDermott and had
mentioned to him the likelihood of the patio assault's
being the mischief of juvenile marauders from Madder,
only to be told by MacDermott (who lived in Madder
with five sons) that it "could be rich kids raising hell for
the hell of it, Mr. Ransom."
"Entirely possible," the banker had agreed. He
considered his own boy, Ray, as the hypothetical
culprit, but found the notion ridiculous, since he could
not believe that anyone as lazy as Ray would walk all
the way into town from the academy in order to pull out
poor Evelyn's daffodils. Evelyn, Evelyn, what should be
done for her? Widowhood was a hardship for women,
though of course another marriage at her age was
preposterous. Well, he'd send Sebastian Marco over to
replant things for her.
Where was Sebastian? It was after nine o'clock.
Behind Ransom, in a house that announced its birth on a
placard (1789), his wife and daughters still slept. He
wished someone would wake up. Strange, because