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Chapter 13

           You’reaWestPointerand"

           "YoutalklikeaBaptistpreachermakingarecruitingspeech.SupposeIdon’twanttoredeemmyself?WhyshouldIfighttoupholdthesystemthatcastmeout?Ishalltakepleasureinseeingitsmashed."

           "Ineverheardofanysystem,"shesaidcrossly.

           "No?Andyetyouareapartofit,likeIwas,andI’llwageryoudon’tlikeitanymorethanIdid.Well,whyamItheblacksheepoftheButlerfamily?ForthisreasonandnootherIdidn’tconformtoCharlestonandIcouldn’t.AndCharlestonistheSouth,onlyintensified.Iwonderifyourealizeyetwhataboreitis?Somanythingsthatonemustdobecausethey’vealwaysbeendone.Somanythings,quiteharmless,thatonemustnotdoforthesamereason.Somanythingsthatannoyedmebytheirsenselessness.Notmarryingtheyounglady,ofwhomyouhaveprobablyheard,wasmerelythelaststraw.WhyshouldImarryaboringfool,simplybecauseanaccidentpreventedmefromgettingherhomebeforedark?Andwhypermitherwild-eyedbrothertoshootandkillme,whenIcouldshootstraighter?IfIhadbeenagentleman,ofcourse,IwouldhavelethimkillmeandthatwouldhavewipedtheblotfromtheButlerescutcheon.ButIliketolive.AndsoI’velivedandI’vehadagoodtime....WhenIthinkofmybrother,livingamongthesacredcowsofCharleston,andmostreverenttowardthem,andrememberhisstodgywifeandhisSaintCeciliaBallsandhiseverlastingricefieldsthenIknowthecompensationforbreakingwiththesystem.

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