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Jubal
couldn
’
t
even
reconstruct
the
crime
from
the
way
the
girls
behaved
because
their
patterns
kept
shifting
–
sometimes
ABC
vs
D
,
then
BCD
vs
A
?
or
AB
vs
CD
,
or
AD
vs
CB
,
through
all
possible
ways
that
four
women
can
gang
up
on
each
other
.
This
continued
for
most
of
the
week
following
that
ill
-
starred
trip
to
church
,
during
which
period
Mike
stayed
in
his
room
in
a
withdrawal
trance
so
deep
that
Jubal
would
have
pronounced
him
dead
had
he
not
seen
it
before
.
Jubal
would
not
have
minded
it
if
the
service
around
the
place
had
not
gone
to
hell
in
a
bucket
.
The
girls
seemed
to
spend
half
their
time
tiptoeing
in
to
see
if
Mike
was
all
right
"
and
they
were
too
preoccupied
to
cook
properly
,
much
less
to
be
decent
secretaries
.
Even
rock
-
steady
Anne
–
hell
,
Anne
was
the
worst
of
the
lot
!
Absent
-
minded
and
subject
to
unexplained
tears
?
and
Jubal
would
have
bet
his
life
that
if
Anne
were
to
witness
the
Second
Coming
,
she
would
simply
have
memorized
date
,
time
,
personae
,
events
,
and
barometric
pressure
without
batting
her
calm
blue
eyes
.
Then
late
Thursday
afternoon
Mike
woke
himself
up
and
suddenly
it
was
ABCD
in
the
service
of
Mike
,
"
less
than
the
dust
beneath
his
chariot
wheels
.
"
Inasmuch
as
the
girls
now
found
time
to
give
Jubal
perfect
service
too
,
Jubal
counted
his
blessings
and
let
it
lie
–
except
for
a
wry
and
very
private
thought
that
,
if
he
had
demanded
a
showdown
,
Mike
could
easily
quintuple
their
salaries
simply
by
dropping
a
post
card
to
Douglas
–
but
that
the
girls
would
just
as
readily
have
supported
Mike
.
Once
domestic
tranquility
was
restored
Jubal
did
not
mind
that
his
kingdom
was
now
ruled
by
a
mayor
of
the
palace
.
Meals
were
on
time
and
(
if
possible
)
better
than
ever
;
when
he
shouted
"
Front
!
"
the
girl
who
appeared
was
bright
-
eyed
,
happy
,
and
efficient
–
such
being
the
case
,
Jubal
did
not
give
a
hoot
who
rated
the
most
side
boys
.
Or
girls
.
Besides
,
the
change
in
Mike
was
as
interesting
to
Jubal
as
the
restoration
of
peace
was
pleasant
.
Before
that
week
Mike
had
been
docile
in
a
fashion
that
Jubal
classed
as
pathological
;
now
he
was
so
self
-
confident
that
Jubal
would
have
described
it
as
cocky
had
it
not
been
that
Mike
continued
to
be
unfailingly
polite
and
considerate
.
But
he
accepted
homage
from
the
girls
as
if
a
natural
right
,
he
seemed
older
than
his
calendar
age
rather
than
younger
,
his
voice
had
deepened
,
he
spoke
with
disciplined
forcefulness
rather
than
timidly
.
Jubal
decided
that
Mike
had
joined
the
human
race
;
he
could
,
in
his
mind
,
discharge
this
patient
as
cured
.
Except
(
Jubal
reminded
himself
)
on
one
point
:
Mike
still
did
not
laugh
.
He
could
smile
at
a
joke
and
sometimes
did
not
ask
to
have
them
explained
to
him
.
Mike
was
cheerful
,
even
merry
–
but
he
never
laughed
.
Jubal
decided
that
it
was
not
important
.
This
patient
was
sane
,
healthy
?
and
human
.
Short
weeks
earlier
Jubal
would
have
given
odds
against
the
cure
taking
place
.
He
was
honest
and
humble
enough
as
a
physician
not
to
claim
credit
;
the
girls
had
had
more
to
do
with
it
.
Or
should
he
say
"
girl
?
"
