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All
three
were
annoyed
with
me
.
I
should
have
stayed
with
the
Boston
Tea
Party
.
Strange
how
the
mind
goes
romping
,
playing
blindman
’
s
buff
or
pin
-
the
-
tail
-
on
-
the
-
donkey
when
it
should
be
using
every
observation
to
find
a
path
through
the
minefield
of
secret
plans
and
submerged
obstacles
.
I
understood
the
house
of
Baker
and
the
house
of
Hawley
,
the
dark
walls
and
curtains
,
the
funereal
rubber
plants
unacquainted
with
sun
;
the
portraits
and
prints
and
remembrances
of
other
times
in
pottery
and
scrimshaw
,
in
fabrics
and
wood
which
bolt
it
to
reality
and
to
permanence
.
Chairs
change
with
style
and
comfort
but
chests
and
tables
,
bookcases
and
desks
,
relate
to
a
solid
past
.
Hawley
was
more
than
a
family
.
It
was
a
house
.
And
that
was
why
poor
Danny
held
onto
Taylor
Meadow
.
Without
it
,
no
family
—
and
soon
not
even
a
name
.
By
tone
and
inflection
and
desire
,
the
three
sitting
there
had
canceled
him
.
It
may
be
that
some
men
require
a
house
and
a
history
to
reassure
themselves
that
they
exist
—
it
’
s
a
slim
enough
connection
,
at
most
.
In
the
store
I
was
a
failure
and
a
clerk
,
in
my
house
I
was
Hawley
,
so
I
too
must
be
unsure
.
Baker
could
offer
a
hand
to
Hawley
.
Without
my
house
,
I
too
would
have
been
canceled
.
It
was
not
man
to
man
but
house
to
house
.
I
resented
the
removal
from
real
of
Danny
Taylor
,
but
I
couldn
’
t
stop
it
.
And
this
thought
sharpened
and
tempered
me
.
Baker
was
going
to
try
to
refurbish
Hawley
for
Baker
’
s
participation
in
Mary
’
s
fancied
inheritance
.
Now
I
was
on
the
edge
of
the
minefield
.
My
heart
hardened
against
my
selfless
benefactor
.
I
felt
it
harden
and
grow
wary
and
dangerous
.
And
with
its
direction
came
the
feeling
of
combat
,
and
the
laws
of
controlled
savagery
,
and
the
first
law
is
:
Let
even
your
defense
have
the
appearance
of
attack
.
I
said
,
"
Mr
.
Baker
,
we
don
’
t
need
to
go
over
the
background
.
You
know
better
than
I
do
the
slow
,
precise
way
in
which
my
father
lost
the
Hawley
substance
.
I
was
away
at
war
.
How
did
it
happen
?
"
"
It
wasn
’
t
his
intention
,
but
his
judgment
—
"
"
I
know
he
was
unworldly
—
but
how
did
it
happen
?
"
"
Well
,
it
was
a
time
of
wild
investment
.
He
invested
wildly
.
"
"
Did
he
have
any
advice
?
"
"
He
put
money
in
munitions
that
were
already
obsolete
.
Then
when
the
contracts
were
canceled
,
he
lost
.
"
"
You
were
in
Washington
.
Did
you
know
about
the
contracts
?
"
