第17节

    【】”youknoybebackforheuationtoyou.adetachedretina.”

    ”itsnotthat.”

    ”,then”

    ritasaid,”pleasee.whileidress.”

    ”illdriveyouho,”hesaidgruily.

    shedressed,aheedpensive,akespeoplesad,herealized.dait;e.

    atthebookcaseshek.”didyoureadthis”sheasked,takingabookout.

    nearsightedlyhepeered.luridver.novel.”no,”hesaid.”that.shereadsalot.”

    ”youshouldreadit.”

    stillfeelingdisappointed,hegrabbedthebook,glait.thegrasshopperliesheavy.”isntthisohosebannedinbostonbooks”hesaid.

    ”bahroughtheuates.andineurope,ofurse.”shehadgoothehalldoorandstoodtherenoing.

    ”iveheardofthishaasstoobusyealoneinight.itstilatestheinsteadoftherealthing.heyreafraidof.butofursereallycrave.

    ”ohoselovestories,”hesaidashesullenlyopehehalldoor.

    ”no,”shesaid.”astoryaboutething.astheranddad.”

    ”abbotson”

    ”thatshistheory.ifjoezangarahadssedhiheerieditsothat”shebrokeoff.theyhadarrivedattheelevator,andotherpeopleing.

    later,astheydrovethroughthenoercedesbenz,sheresud.

    ”abeheoryisthatroosevelteasuresheintroduean,itsinnovelforrooseveltisntassassinatedinhegoesonandisreeleakesaricastrong.gaerocrated”

    ”aatsonbrokein.heglahegirlbesidehigod,theyreadabook,hethought,andtheyspoutonforever.

    ”histheoryisthatinsteadofanisolationistlikebricker,in1940afterroosevelt,rexfoothface,reflegthetrafficlights,gloation;hereyeshadbeelargeauredasshetalked.”andheaojapanshelpin1941.theyo,grabbinghisshoulderanyandjapanthewar”

    helaughed.

    staringathiseekingsothinginhisfaceheuldnottell,andanyhoochtheothercarsshesaid,”itsnotfunny.itreallyhat.theu.s.olickthejapanese.and”

    ”how”hebrokein.

    ”hehasitalllaidout.”forantshe,”shesaid.”naturally,itsgotalotoffiean,itsgottobeeainingorpeopleathe;therestheseterieislands.itsstirredupalotoftalk.”

    tsonsaid,”listen.doeshesayaboutpearlharbor”

    ”presidenttugartthathehasalltheshipsouttosea.sotheu.s.fleetisroyed.”

    ”isee.”

    ”so,therereallyisntanypearlharbor.theyattack,butalltheygetissolittleboats.”

    ”itsething”

    ”thegrasshopperliesheavy.thatsaquotefrohebible.”

    ”andjapaedbecausetheresnopearlharbor.listen.japanherehadbeennopearlharbor.”

    ”theu.s.fleetinhisbookkeepstheroakingthephilippinesandaustralia.”

    ”theyanyhoedohepa.theu.s.orallyandspiritually.”

    anshadnttakenlta,hillayedinpoovictory.”

    ”hohere”

    ”innorthafrihilllfinally.”

    tsonguffawed.

    ”aheyuldvetheirybanantsofrussianaresaandinthebook,theyhaltthegeretohevolga.histoitreallyexistsbecauseilookeditupilas.”

    ”sitcalled”

    ”stalingrad.aishtuthetideofthelneverahaties;reerandthegernsneveriddleeastaheneededoil,oronintoindialiketheydidandlinkuphthejapanese.and”

    ”nyohuldhavedefeatederl,”tsonsaid.”aslikethisguydreadup,thistoorethaheoute;ituldnthaveel.innean.dignityandbearing.soiknotalkingabout,”hewoundup.

    ”itlrsurderingandtho

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