Couldn't she take a whole day off from the officefor her daughter's sixteenth birthday?When she came downstairs for breakfast, Katie discovered the boys hadalready gone off to swim. How lovely Katie was in the flower-printed chiffonshe had chosen for her wedding dress, Laura thought proudly. Lauraheld back words of reproach for such extravagance. Everett was inthe dining room digging into an oversized wedge of sweet potato pie andlistening to a radio newscast.
Laura frowned in rejection, determined tobring up her children in their own country despite her grief. Let's go down to the dining room. Gorlois let go of Igraine's arm. They make our economicsociety work.
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