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@@@@@I’d want to get her out before Gene Hadlock
shows up, if possibleHe sees her, he’s going to
shit a brickAnd you know who he’ll throw it at
“Ten,” I said, and rolled Elizabeth into the
buffet room to look at the paintings in thereThe
crowd was still followingMary Ire had begun
taking notesIlse slipped one hand into the crook
of my elbow and smiled at meI smiled back, but I
was having that I’m-in-a-dream feeling againThe
kind that may tilt you into a nightmare at any
moment
Elizabeth exclaimed over I See the Moon and the
Duma Road series, but it was the way she reached
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her hands out to Roses Grow from Shells, as if to
embrace it, that gave me goosebumpsShe lowered
her arms again and looked over her shoulder at me
“That’s the essence of it,” she said”The essence
of DumaWhy those who’ve lived there awhile can
never really leaveEven if their heads carry
their bodies away, their hearts stay She looked
at the picture again and nodded”Roses Grow from
Shells
“Thank you, Elizabeth
“No, Edgar – thank you
I glanced back for Wireman and saw him talking to
that other lawyer from my other lifeThey seemed
to be getting along famouslyI only hoped Wireman
wouldn’t slip and call him BozieThen I turned to
Elizabeth againShe was still looking at Roses
Grow from Shells, and wiping her eyes
“I love this,” she said, “but we should move
alo