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Chapter 18

           ButhecouldnothelpfeelingthatSparsermightbetakingthisoccasiontomakeadate,eventokissher.Shewasnotincapableoflettinghim,eventhoughshemightpretendtohimthatshedidnotwanthimto.Itwasagonizing.

           Inspiteofhimself,hebegantotinglewithhelplesspain—tobegintowishthathecouldseethem.ButHegglund,havingcalledeveryonetojoinhandsandcrackthewhip,hetookthehandofLucilleNickolas,whowasholdingontoHegglund’s,andgavehisotherfreehandtoMaidaAxelrod,whointurngaveherfreehandtoRatterer.AndHigbyandLauraSipewereabouttomakeupthetailwhenSparserandHortensecameglidingback—heholdingherbythehand.Andtheynowtackedonatthefoot.ThenHegglundandtheothersbeganrunninganddoublingbackandforthuntilallbeyondMaidahadfallenandletgo.And,asClydenoted,HortenseandSparser,infalling,skiddedandrolledagainsteachothertotheedgeoftheshorewhereweresnowandleavesandtwigs.AndHortense’sskirts,becomingawryinsomeway,moveduptoaboveherknees.Butinsteadofshowinganyembarrassment,asClydethoughtandwishedshemight,shesatthereforafewmomentswithoutshameandevenlaughingheartily—andSparserwithherandstillholdingherhand.AndLauraSipe,havingfalleninsuchawayastotripHigby,whohadfallenacrossher,theyalsolaytherelaughingandyetinamostsuggestiveposition,asClydethought.Henoted,too,thatLauraSipe’sskirtshadbeenworkedaboveherknees.

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