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But this summer would be different, anyway. In Owen's view, the ' Chevy was in better shape than his tomato-red pickup; but Hester knew it had been secondhand when the E He was so          muffled up in a long, dark-green scarf that I couldn't see his face at all-but who could ever mistake Ow I'VE GOT A NUMBER-TWO RANKING-DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND? IT'S BY THE BOOK.

Hester looked as if she might throw up. John Wayne was in a submarine in World War Two; he was battling the Japanese. She kept pinning her hair up on top of her head, because of the heat, but wild strands of it would fall down on her face and neck until, exasperated, she would let it all down again. I'm not talking only about men, although-even at my age-I was aware of how restlessly men moved their hands in her company.