PART II

MRS. LECKS WALKED BOLDLY UP TO THE FRONT DOOR AND PLIED THE KNOCKER 45

I CLIMBED UP ONE OF THE COLUMNS 48

I GUESS YOU'LL BE COMFORTABLE, MR. CRAIG 52

THAT YELLER FROCK 55

MRS. ALESHINE HAD BEEN HARD AT WORK ALL THE MORNING 61

"THERE'S ANOTHER THING," SAID SHE, "THAT I'VE BEEN THINKIN' ABOUT" 67

MRS. LECKS AND MRS. ALESHINE STANDING ON THE END OF THE LITTLE WHARF 72