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Chapter VI

           TherewasayoungladyinUkiah—thatwaswhenIwasaladofseventeen.Weusedtomeetinthecemeteryintheafternoons.IwastogoawaytoschoolatSacramento,andtheafternoonIleftwemetinthecemeteryandwestayedsolongIalmostmissedthetrain.HernamewasCelestine.”

           Therewasapause.Theotherswaitedfortherestofthestory.

           “Andafterwards?”promptedAnnixter.

           “Afterwards?Nothingafterwards.Ineversawheragain.HernamewasCelestine.”

           Thecompanyraisedachorusofderision,andOstermancriedironically:

           “Say!THAT’Saprettygoodone!Tellusanother.”

           Theoldmanlaughedwiththerest,believinghehadmadeanotherhit.HecalledOstermantohim,whisperinginhisear:

           “Sh!Lookhere!SomenightyouandIwillgouptoSanFrancisco—hey?We’llgoskylarking.We’llbegay.Oh,I’ma—a—arareoldBUCK,Iam!Iain’ttooold.You’llsee.”

           AnnixtergaveoverthemakingofthefifthbowlofpunchtoOsterman,whoaffirmedthathehadarecipefora“fertiliser”fromSolotarithatwouldtaketheplatingofftheladle.HelefthimwranglingwithCaraher,whostillpersistedinaddingchartreuse,andsteppedoutintothedancetoseehowthingsweregettingon.

           Itwastheintervalbetweentwodances.Inandaroundastallatthefartherendofthefloor,wherelemonadewasbeingserved,wasagreatthrongofyoungmen.

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