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have a right to do what men do, much less the other half<br />

of the human race yelling they want to do it too. You<br />

know what I mean? Let's go home now."<br />

"Hedgerow, that's not the point," began Luke, and<br />

then they both started to talk and were still talking when<br />

they reached Polly's house on Glover's Lane and still<br />

talking on the porch when her father, just awakened,<br />

appeared with his head wrapped in a bandage, like the<br />

flag bearer in The Spirit of '76, and said to his<br />

daughter, "I see life goes on, and if a hero can't sleep<br />

because his only child is outside yelling about how mean<br />

men were to poor Madame Curie, then it's too bad for<br />

the hero. So how about some eggs, you two? If life's<br />

going to go on, we might as well eat."<br />

chapter 57<br />

Meetings of the Thespian Ladies Club were<br />

postponed until further notice. The president and the<br />

vice-president, Mrs. Canopy and Mrs. Ransom, were<br />

not speaking. The president and the chairlady of the<br />

refreshments committee (Mrs. Canopy and Mrs.<br />

Abernathy) were leaving in a few days for a few weeks

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