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           ThereDallashadfirststaggeredacrossthefloorshouting"Dad,"whileMayandthenurselaughedbehindthedoor;theretheirsecondchild,Mary(whowassolikehermother),hadannouncedherengagementtothedullestandmostreliableofReggieChivers’smanysons;andthereArcherhadkissedherthroughherweddingveilbeforetheywentdowntothemotorwhichwastocarrythemtoGraceChurch—forinaworldwhereallelsehadreeledonitsfoundationsthe"GraceChurchwedding"remainedanunchangedinstitution.ItwasinthelibrarythatheandMayhadalwaysdiscussedthefutureofthechildren:thestudiesofDallasandhisyoungbrotherBill,Mary’sincurableindifferenceto"accomplishments,"andpassionforsportandphilanthropy,andthevagueleaningstoward"art"whichhadfinallylandedtherestlessandcuriousDallasintheofficeofarisingNewYorkarchitect.Theyoungmennowadayswereemancipatingthemselvesfromthelawandbusinessandtakingupallsortsofnewthings.Iftheywerenotabsorbedinstatepoliticsormunicipalreform,thechanceswerethattheyweregoinginforCentralAmericanarchaeology,forarchitectureorlandscape-engineering;takingakeenandlearnedinterestintheprerevolutionarybuildingsoftheirowncountry,studyingandadaptingGeorgiantypes,andprotestingatthemeaninglessuseoftheword"Colonial."Nobodynowadayshad"Colonial"housesexceptthemillionairegrocersofthesuburbs.