Laura, remember you have that dinner tomorrow night, Maisie saidwhile Everett went to retrieve their coats. A lot of Southerners are scared to death of all the Supreme Courtdecisions that have been handed down in favour of the civil rightsleaders. On this sunny March morning Katie paced restlessly about the livingroom. Gradually, as often happened during these times, conversation becamemore sombre, focusing on the war.
They were waiting for an acceptable hour to appear at aprestigious 'showbiz party to which Lance had been invited. The sister passed the monotonous, sticky-hot hours by recalling theiryears in Magnolia, as though it was urgent to remember every minutedetail. Still, she'd feel more secureif Laura were on call. Laura remembered Iris andherself travelling in the dusty, hot day-coach to New York twenty yearsago.
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