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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    9:35 am
    @@@@@People found their entertainment by going
    @@@@@People found their entertainment by
    going to other people's houses"But that's just like plantation
    life," Scarlett exclaimed"Why, Tara's five miles from Jonesboro, and
    when you get there there's nothing much but a train depot and a puny
    little feed store
    Plantations have mansion houses, not simple whitewashed farmers'
    homes
    "You don't know what you're talking about, Colum O'Hara!
    The Wilkes' Twelve Oaks was the only mansion house in all Clayton
    CountyMost folks have houses that started out with a couple of
    rooms
    and a kitchen, then added on what they needed Colum smiled and
    admitted defeatNevertheless, he said, the gifts for the family
    couldn't be city thingsThe girls would do better with a length of
    cotton than one of satin, and they wouldn't know what to do with a
    painted fanScarlett put her cup in its saucer with a decisive
    clink"I'll bet you they'd love calicoIt comes in
    all kinds of bright patterns and makes up into pretty frocksWe all
    had calico for everyday stay-at-home dresses
    "And boots," Colum saidHe took a thick packet of paper from
    his pocket and unfolded it"I have the names and sizes here
    Scarlett laughed at the length of the paper"They sure saw you
    coming, Colum
    "What?"
    "Never mindIt's an American saying
    Every man, woman, and child in County Meath must have put their
    name on
    Colum's list, she thoughtIt was just like Aunt Eulalie's "As long as
    you're going shopping, would you just pick up something for me?"
    Somehow she never remembered to pay for whatever it was, and
    Scarlett
    would bet Colum's Irish friends would turn out just as forgetful
    "Tell me more about Ireland," she saidThere was plenty of coffee
    left in the pot"Ah, it's a rare beautiful island," said Colum
    so
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    9:35 am
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    “Quick fixes aren't my specialtyYou are decided against a new host –”
    “Yes
    “So dealing with this will probably take some time
    I clenched my teeth in frustration
    “And it will go faster and more smoothly if you have some help
    “I'll be better with making my appointments, I balenciaga city promise
    “That's not exactly what I mean, though I hope you will
    “You mean help… other than you?” I cringed at the thought of having to relive today's misery
    with a stranger“I'm sure you're just as qualified as any Comforter–more so
    “I didn't mean another Comforter She shifted her weight diamond gucci in the chair and stretched stiffly
    “How manyfriends do you have, Wanderer?”
    “You mean people at work? I see a few other teachers almost every dayThere are several
    students I speak to in the halls”
    “Outside of the school?”
    I stared at her blankly
    “Human hosts need interactionYou're gucci tote not used to solitude, dearYou shared an entire planet's
    thoughts –”
    “We didn't go out much My attempt at humor fell flat
    She smiled slightly and went on“You're struggling so hard with your problem that it's all you
    can concentrate onMaybe one answer is to not concentrate quite so rolex watches for sale hardYou said Melanie
    grows bored during your working hours… that she is more dormantPerhaps if you developed
    some peer relationships, those would bore her also
    I pursed my lips thoughtfullyMelanie, sluggish from the long day of attempted comfort, did
    seem rather unenthused by the fendi sale i
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    9:38 am
    @@@@@Then: "This is your special kind of
    @@@@@Then:
    "This is your special kind of knowingIsn't it?"
    Hello, I was thinkingThe first
    sketch I'd done in Big Pink had also been one of
    the powerful onesAnd Tom had bought it
    Wireman took the phone from me, gently but firmly
    851
    "Pam? It's Wireman?" He listened,
    noddingHis voice was very calm, very soothing
    It was a voice I'd heard him use with Elizabethyes, Edgar's fine, I'm fine,
    we're all fine down hereOnly you need to do something for us,
    and it's extremely importantI'm going to put you
    on speaker He pushed a button I hadn't even
    noticed before"Are you still there?"
    "Yes Her voice was tinny but clearAnd she
    was getting herself under control
    "How many of Edgar's family and friends bought
    pictures?"
    She considered"Nobody in the family bought any
    of the actual paintings, I'm sure of that
    I breathed a sigh of relief
    "I think they were sort of hoping - or maybe
    expecting's the word - that in timeon the
    right birthday, or maybe at ChristmasSo they didn't get anything
    "I didn't say thatMelinda's boyfriend also
    bought one of the sketchesWhat's this about?
    What's wrong with the pictures?"
    852
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    9:43 am
    @@@@@Stay with us, and we will cure you The
    @@@@@Stay with
    us, and we will cure you
    The Crawfords, without wanting to be cured, were very willing to
    stayMary was satisfied with the Parsonage as a present home, and
    Henry equally ready to lengthen his visitHe had come, intending
    to spend only a few days with them; but Mansfield promised well,
    and there was nothing to call him elsewhereGrant
    41
    Jane Austen
    to keep them both with her, and DrGrant was exceedingly well
    contented to have it so: a talking pretty young woman like Miss
    Crawford is always pleasant society to an indolent, stay-at-home
    man; and MrCrawford’s being his guest was an excuse for drinking
    claret every day
    The Miss Bertrams’ admiration of MrCrawford was more rapturous
    than anything which Miss Crawford’s habits made her likely
    to feelShe acknowledged, however, that the MrBertrams were
    very fine young men, that two such young men were not often seen
    together even in London, and that their manners, particularly those
    of the eldest, were very goodHe had been much in London, and
    had more liveliness and gallantry than Edmund, and must, therefore,
    be preferred; and, indeed, his being the eldest was another
    strong claimShe had felt an early presentiment that she should like
    the eldest bestShe knew it was her way
    Tom Bertram must have been thought pleasant, indeed, at any
    rate; he was the sort of young man to be generally liked, his agreeableness
    was of the kind to be oftener found agreeable than some
    endowments of a higher stamp, for he had easy manners, excellent
    spirits, a large acquaintance, and a great deal to say; and the reversion
    of Mansfield Park, and a baronetcy, did no harm to all this
    Miss Crawford soon felt that he and his situation might doShe
    looked about her with due consideration, and found almost everything
    in his favour: a park, a real park, five miles round, a spacious
    modern-built house, so well placed and well screened as to deserve
    to be in any collection of engravings of gentlemen’s seats in the
    kingdom, and wanting only to be completely new furnished—pleasant
    sisters, a quiet mother, and an agreeable man himself—with the
    advantage of being tied up from much gaming at present by a promise
    to his father, and of being Sir Thomas hereafterIt might do very
    well; she believed she should accept him; and she began accordingly
    to interest herself a little about the horse which he had to run at the
    B——— races
    These races were to call him away not long after their acquaintance
    began; and as it appeared that the family did not, from his
    usual goings on, expect him back again for many weeks, it would
    bring his passion to an early proofMuch was said on his side to
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    Mansfield Park
    induce her to attend the races, and schemes were made for a large
    party to them, with all the eagerness of inclination, but it would
    only do to be talked of
    And Fanny, what was she doing and thinking all this while? and
    what was her opinion of the newcomers? Few young ladies of eighteen
    could be less called on to speak their opinion than FannyIn a
    quiet way, very little attended to, she paid her tribute of admiration
    to Miss Crawford’s beauty; but as she still continued to think Mr
    Crawford very plain, in spite of her two cousins having repeatedly
    proved the contrary, she never mentioned himThe notice, which
    she excited herself, was to this effect“I begin now to understand
    you all, except Miss Price,” said Miss Crawford, as she was walking
    with the
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    9:35 am
    @@@@@And he'd have to use every truck in the
    @@@@@And he'd have to use every truck in the division to bring up new rations, more ammunition than had been planned for todayThe transportation would be wickedHe had a flare of hatred for the squad leader who had started all the trouble this morning
    He called up Hobart, and told him to make a transportation schedule, and then he went over to the G-2 tent, and talked to Conn, explained what had happened
    "Bygod, you're letting yourself in for a noose," Conn told him
    "What the hell can I do? You're intelligence, why is that bivouac empty?"
    Conn shrugged"The goddam Japs are settin' a trap
    Dalleson walked back to his own tent, abysmally depressedIt would be a trap, but still he had to go into itHobart's men were trying to make up a transportation schedule to supply the new positions of the line companies; Conn's section was going back over old intelligence reportsThere was something messy somewhereWell, he'd have to blunder through on luck, send most of the ordnance to the new hole in the front, hope the other sectors would have enough to get by
    Dalleson alerted the reserve battalion, ordered the first movement of their troopsIt would be time for lunch soon and he would have to miss itHis belly knotted into cramps from the iced beerHe thought with distaste of the tinned cheese in the blue K rationHe would have to eat that instead to bind him up
    "Any paregoric in the tent?" he bawled
    He turned to one of the clerks and sent him to the aid tentThe heat dripped languidly about his bodyIt was Windmill reporting he had moved his company upA few minutes later the CO of the initial reserve company phoned that his men were digging in on the flanks
    Now he would have to send the battalion throughDalleson had a headacheWhat would they do? He had had some precedent for everything up until now, but this was a vacuu
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    9:35 am
    @@@@@Fine time I picked to have a baby, to
    @@@@@Fine time I picked to have a baby, to have
    my water break why is it red? Am I going to bleed to death on a
    tack table, for God's sake, without so much as a cup of tea? Oh, how
    I'd love some coffeeSometimes I miss it so much I want to scream
    oh Lord, more gushingAt least it doesn't hurtHardly a
    contraction at all, more a twitch or something Then why does so
    much blood gush out? What's going to happen when the real labor
    starts? Dear God, there'll be a river of blood, all over the floor
    Everybody'll have to wash their feetFitzpatrick
    has a bucket of feet waterI wonder if she hollers before she throws
    it out? I wonder where the hell she is? As soon as this is over I'm
    going to fire her-no references, either, at least nothing she'll want
    to show anybodyRunning off and leaving me dying of thirst here all
    by myselfDon't kick like thatYou're more like a mule than a
    horseI'm not going to lose hold of myself,
    I'm notThe O'Hara doesn't do that kind of thingWhat was that? The doctor? Mrs"Are you doing all right, MrsO'Hara?"
    "Just fine," said The O'Hara"I've brought sheets and blankets and
    soft pillowsSome men are coming with a mattressCan I do
    anything
    for you?"
    "I'd like some water Scarlett propped herself on an elbow and drank
    thirstily"Who's getting the doctor?"
    "ColumHe tried to cross the river for the doctor in Adamstown, but
    he couldn't make itI'd like some more water please, and a fresh so
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    9:36 am
    @@@@@ We both relaxed when the pavement
    @@@@@
    We both relaxed when the pavement disappeared behind usI was glad that there was
    apparently no one left I would have to lie to, whether with words or silenceAlone, I felt less of
    a renegade
    Melanie was perfectly at home here in the middle of nothingShe knew the names of all the
    spiny plants around usShe hummed their names to herself, greeting them like old friends
    Creosote, ocotillo, cholla, prickly pear, mesquite…
    Away from the highway, the trappings of civilization, the desert seemed to take on a new life
    for MelanieThough she appreciated the speed of the jolting car–our vehicle didn't have the
    ground clearance necessary for this off-road trip, as the shocks reminded me with every pit in the
    dirt–she itched to be on her feet, loping through the safety of the baking desert
    We would probably have to walk, and all too soon for my taste, but when that time came, I
    doubted it would satisfy herI could feel the real desire beneath the surfaceTo move
    her body to the familiar rhythm of her long stride with only her will for guidanceFor a moment,
    I allowed myself to see the prison that was life without a bodyTo be carried inside but unable
    to influence the shape around you
    I shuddered and refocused on the rough road, trying to stave off the mingled pity and horror
    No other host had made me feel such guilt for what I wasOf course, none of the others had
    stuck around to complain about the situation
    The sun was close to the tips of the western hills when we had our first disagreementThe long
    shadows created strange patterns across the road, making it hard to avoid the rocks and craters
    There it is!Melanie crowed as we caught sight of another formation farther east: a smooth wave
    of rock, interrupted by a sudden spur that swung a thin, long finger out against the sky
    She was all for turning immediately into the brush, no matter what that did to the car
    Maybe we're supposed to go all the way to the first landmark,I pointed outThe little dirt road
    continued to wind in more or less the right direction, and I was terrified to leave itHow else
    would I find my way back to civilization? Wasn't I going back?
    I imagined the Seeker right at this moment, as the sun touched the dark, zigzagging line of the
    western horizonWhat would she think when I didn't arrive in Tucson? A spasm of glee made
    me laugh out loudMelanie also enjoyed the picture of the Seeker's furious irritation
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    9:46 am
    @@@@@This isn't a social call xiii "Uh, this
    @@@@@This isn't a
    social call
    xiii
    "Uh, this could be a problem," Jack said
    The veranda was deeply shadowed by mats of hanging
    Spanish Moss, but once our eyes had adjusted to
    the gloom, we could see a thick and rusty chain
    encircling the double doorsNot one but two
    958
    padlocks hung down from itThe chain had been run
    through hooks on either jamb
    Wireman stepped forward for a closer look"You
    know," he said, "Jack and I might be able to snap
    one or both of those hooks right offThey've seen
    better days
    "Better years," Jack said
    "Maybe," I said, "but the doors themselves are
    almost certainly locked, and if you go rattling
    chains and snapping hooks, you're going to disturb
    the neighbors
    "Neighbors?" Wireman asked
    I pointed straight upWireman and Jack followed
    my finger and saw what I already had: a large
    colony of brown bats sleeping in what looked like
    a vast hanging cloud of cobwebI glanced down and
    saw the porch was not just coated but plated with
    guanoIt made me very glad I was wearing a hat
    When I looked up again, Jack Cantori was at the
    foot of the steps"No way, baby," he said"Call
    me a chicken, call me a candy-ass, call me any
    name in the book, I'm not going thereWith
    Wireman it's snakesOnce-" He
    looked like he had more to say, maybe a lot, but
    959
    didn't know how to say itHe took another step
    back, insteadI had a moment to contemplate the
    eccentricity of fear: what the weird jockey hadn't
    been able to accomplish (close, but that only
    counts in horseshoes), a colony of sleeping brown
    bats had
    Wireman said, "They can carry rabies, muchacho -
    did you know that?"
    I nodded"I think we should look for the
    tradesman's entrance
    xiv
    We made our way slowly along the side of the house,
    Jack in the lead and carrying the red picnic
    bas
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    9:44 am
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    “There can be no objection, then, to Fanny’s going with you; there
    can be no doubt of your having room for her
    “Fanny!” repeated MrsNorris; “my dear Edmund, there is no
    idea of her going with usShe stays with her aunt
    “You can have no reason, I imagine, madam,” said he, addressing
    his mother, “for wishing Fanny not to be of the party, but as it relates
    to yourself, to your own comfortIf you could do without her,
    you would not wish to keep her at home?”
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    Jane Austen
    “To be sure gucci g watch not, but I cannot do without her
    “You can, if I stay at home with you, as I mean to do
    There was a general cry out at this“Yes,” he continued, “there is
    no necessity for my going, and I mean to stay at homeFanny has a
    great desire to see SothertonI know she wishes it very muchShe
    has not often a gratification of the kind, and I am sure, ma’am, you
    would be glad to give her the pleasure now?”
    “Oh yes! very glad, if your aunt sees no objectionNorris was very ready with the only objection which could
    remain—their having positively assured louis vuitton online MrsRushworth that Fanny
    could not go, and the very strange appearance there would consequently
    be in taking her, which seemed to her a difficulty quite
    impossible to be got overIt must have the strangest appearance! It
    would be something so very unceremonious, so bordering on disrespect
    for MrsRushworth, whose own manners were such a pattern
    of good-breeding and attention, that she really did not feel equal to
    itNorris had no affection for Fanny, and no wish of procuring
    her pleasure at any time; but her opposition to Edmund now,
    arose more from logo chanel partiality for her own scheme, because it was her
    own, than from anything elseShe felt that she had arranged everything
    extremely well, and that any alteration must be for the worse
    When Edmund, therefore, told her in reply, as he did when she
    would give him the hearing, that she need not distress herself on
    MrsRushworth’s account, because he had taken the opportunity,
    as he walked with her through the hall, of mentioning Miss Price as
    one who would probably be of the party, and had directly received a
    very sufficient invitation for his cousin, Chloe Purse MrsNorris was too much
    vexed to submit with a very good grace, and would only say, “Very
    well, very well, just as you chuse, settle it your own way, I am sure I
    do not care about it
    “It seems very odd,” said Maria, “that you should be staying at
    home instead of Fanny
    “I am sure she ought to be very much obliged to you,” added
    Julia, hastily leaving the room as she spoke, from a consciousness
    that she ought to offer to stay at home herself
    “Fanny will feel quite as grateful as the occasion requires,” was
    Edmund’s only reply, and the subject prada bag dropt
    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    9:35 am
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    "I thought we were pretty good buddies, Japbait
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    "Whadeya mean, you're goin' with him?" Gallagher asked"Listen, Croft, why the hell don't you turn back? Ain't ya got enough fuggin medals?"
    "Gallagher, you can shut your hole
    Martinez wished he could sidle away Gallagher pirouetted between fright omega quartz and resolution"Listen, I ain't afraid of you, CroftYou know what the fug I think of you
    Most of the men in the platoon had awakened and were staring at them
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    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    9:36 am
    @@@@@She held out her spit-wet right hand "John
    @@@@@She held out
    her spit-wet right hand
    "John Morland," he said, and took her grimy handHe bowed, kissed
    it,
    then smiled ruefully into her blazing eyes"You must be something to
    see taking a fence, MrsTalk about leaving the field
    behind!
    Do you hunt around here?"
    "I Dear heaven, what had she done? What could she say?
    What was she going to do with a thoroughbred hunter in Ballyhara's
    stable? "I confess, MrMorland, I just gave in to a woman's
    impulse
    I had to have this horse
    "I felt the same wayBut not quickly enough, it seems," said the
    cultivated English voice"I'd be honored if you'd join me some time,
    join the hunt from my place, that isIt's near Dunsany, if you're
    familiar with that part of the CountyShe'd been
    in that part of the County not so long ago, at Kathleen's weddingNo
    wonder the name John Morland was familiar
    She'd heard all about "Sir John Morland" from Kathleen's husband
    "He's a grand man, for all that he's a landlord," said Kevin O'Connor a
    dozen times"Didn't he tell me himself to drop five pounds from the
    rent as a gift for my wedding?" Five pounds, she thoughtFrom a man who'll pay thirty times that for a horse"I'm
    familiar with Dunsany," Scarlett said"It's not far from the friends
    I'm visitingI'd dearly love to hunt with you sometimeI can hack
    over any day you name
    "Saturday next?"
    Scarlett smiled wickedlyShe spit in her palm and lifted her hand
    "Done!" John Morland lau
    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    9:45 am
    @@@@@Whatever it is, it will all work out for
    @@@@@Whatever it
    is, it will all work out for the bestYou're going to be fine As I said the words, I willed them
    to be true
    “I don't know what to hope for,” he whispered
    As I stared into the dark at nothing in particular, trying to understand what he wouldn't say, a
    faint glow caught my eye at the far end of the hallway–dim but conspicuous in the black caveQuick, hide behind the boxes
    Jamie's head snapped up, toward the yellow light that was getting brighter by the secondI
    listened for the accompanying footsteps but heard nothing
    “I'm not going to hide,” he breathed“Get behind me, Wanda
    “No!”
    “Jamie!” Jared shouted“I know you're back here!”
    My legs felt hollow, numbDid it have to be Jared? It would be so much easier for Jamie if Kyle
    were the one to kill me
    “Go away!” Jamie shouted back
    The yellow light sped up and turned into a circle on the far wall
    Jared stalked around the corner, the flashlight in his hand sweeping back and forth across the
    rock floorHe was clean again, wearing a faded red shirt I recognized–it had hung in the room
    where I'd lived for weeks and so was a familiar sightHis face was also familiar–it wore exactly
    the same expression it had since the first moment I'd shown up here
    The beam of the flashlight hit my face and blinded me; I knew the light reflected brilliantly off
    the silver behind my eyes, because I felt Jamie jump–just a little start, and then he set himself
    more firmly than before
    “Get away from it!” Jared roared
    “Shut up!” Jamie yelled back“You don't know her! Leave her alone!”
    He clung to me while I tried to unlock his hands
    Jared came on like a charging bullHe grabbed the back of Jamie's shirt with one hand and
    yanked him away from meHe held on to his handful of fabric, shaking the boy while he yelle
    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
    9:42 am
    @@@@@(Work and work and then some smart guy gets
    @@@@@(Work and work and then some smart guy gets a bright idea and gets all the credit, those goddam Reds, they're causin' me all the trouble
    HERE Y'ARE, TAKE A LOOK, he shouts as some voters approach

    Where you goin', Roy? Mary asksHer voice has a whining nagging quality and he turns in the door, and shakes his headShe cuts her boiled potato in half, and puts a big portion in her mouthA few flakes of potato stick to her lip, which angers himDon't ya ever eat anythin' but potatoes? he asksQuestions tug at his mindHe wants to ask her why she never eats with him at night, but always serves him first; he wants to tell her that he doesn't like to be asked where he is going
    You're not going to be at a CU meeting, are ya? she asks
    What do you care? (Why don't you ever put a dress over that slip?)
    Roy, you're going to get in trouble there, I don't like those men, you're only going to hurt yourself at the club, you know now the war's on they have nothing to do with them
    There's nothing wrong with the CULeave me alone, goddammit
    He slams the door, and walks into the nightIt is snowing a little, and at the street corners his shoes crunch icily through the slushHe sneezes once or twiceA man's gotta get out and have someY'get some ideals to fight for in the organization and a woman wants to stop yaI'm gonna be up there someday
    In the meeting hall, the air is hot and metallic from the heaters, and the smell of wet clothing is sourHe grits a cigarette butt into powder with his foot
    All right, we're in a war, men, the speaker says, we gotta fight for the country, but we don't want to be forgettin' our private enemiesHe pounds the speaker's table over which a flag with a cross is spreadThere's the foreign element we got to get rid of, that are conspiring to take over the countryThere are cheers from the hundred men seated in camp ch
    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
    9:39 am
    @@@@@Ten years next FebruaryOne gets accustomed
    @@@@@Ten years next FebruaryOne
    gets
    accustomed to almost anything in ten years
    "I'll never get used to them," Scarlett whispered
    A sudden noise made her jumpThen she realized that it was the
    chime
    of a great clock somewhere above themThe horsecar ú moved into
    the
    intersection, turning to the right"One o'clock," said Mrs
    "No wonder I'm tired; it was a long morning Behind them the
    chimes
    ended their quartet of ú notesA single bell rang once"That's
    every Charlestonian's timeú keeper," Eleanor Butler said, "the bells in
    Saint Michael's steepleThey record our births and our passings
    Scarlett was looking at the tall houses and walled gardens they were
    passingWithout exception they bore the scars of warPockholes of
    shelling marred every surface, and poverty was visible on all sides:
    peeling paint, boards nailed over shattered windows that could not be
    replaced, gaps and rust disfiguring elaborate, lace-like wrought iron
    balconies and gates
    The trees lining the street had thin trunks; they were youthful
    replacements for the giants broken by shelling
    oe
    And yet the sun gleamed on brightly polished brass door knobs, and
    there was the scent of flowers blooming behind the garden wallsú
    They've got gumption, these Charleston folks, she thoughtButler down at the last stop, the
    end of Meeting StreetIn front of them was a park, with neatly
    clipped grass and gleaming white paths that converged on and circled
    a
    freshly painted round bandstand with a shiny pagoda-like roof
    Beyond
    it was the harborShe could smell the water and the saltA breeze
    rattled the sword-shaped fronds of palm trees in the park and swayed
    the long airy clumps of Spanish moss on the scarred limbs of
    liveoaks
    Small children were running, rolling hoops, tossing balls on the grass
    under the watchful eyes of turbanned black nursemaids sitting on
    benches'LkDR R(P LEX "Scarlett, I hope you'll forgive me; I know
    I shouldn't, but I have to
    Friday, December 17th, 2010
    9:36 am
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    “Thanks,” said Mo, opening his eyes and blinking“As I’m sure you gathered, I’m trying to
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    Saturday, December 11th, 2010
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    I positioned myself beside the empty chair, said a
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    He poured me a glass, then topped up his own and
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    "All right," I said
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    Friday, December 10th, 2010
    9:44 am
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    “Doc!”
    He was there, on the other side of the cot, like before, when we were operating
    “It's okay, ma'am,” he assured her“No one is going to hurt you here
    The woman had her eyes squeezed shut, and she recoiled into the thin mattress
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    He flashed a look at me and then made a face“Eyes, Wanda,” he breathed
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    Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
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    That night when they congratulate each other Cummings is satisfied
    But Margaret ruins it; she has a facility for ruining things nowYou know, honestly, Edward, I wonder what the point to it all was, you can't get promoted any faster, and the old fart (she has taken to swearing mildly) will be dead by the time it's a question of recommending you for general's rank
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    Monday, December 6th, 2010
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    Saturday, December 4th, 2010
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