Cedar Woman (120 page)

mea
n
t
i
m
e,
s
h
e
sat
p
atie
n
tly,
waiti
n
g
f
o
r
h
er
ho
stess
to
j
o
in
h
er,
g
a
zing
at Ma
ud
e
’s
b
ac
k
,
still
erect
wi
t
h
in
d
ig
n
ity,
a
l
o
w
g
r
o
wl
e
m
i
tti
n
g
fr
o
m
h
er
g
r
ay-f
u
r
r
e
d
t
h
r
o
at.

“
A
pr
etty
g
iiii
i
irrrrrrrrl, is li
k
e a
m
e
l
od
y
!” c
a
m
e ri
ng
ing
throu
g
h
t
h
e co
nd
o
m
ini
u
m
’s
co
r
ri
d
or
as
Jo
-A
nn
“
fl
o
ate
d
”
i
n
to
t
h
e
k
itc
h
en,
dressed a
n
d
rea
d
y
to
g
o
.
Stan
d
ing
at
5
'
4
”.
Jo-
A
nn
w
eig
h
ed
appro
x
i
m
a
tely
14
0 p
ou
nds
an
d
h
a
d,
as
L
e
na
wo
uld
later
de
s
c
r
ibe,
t
h
e
b
u
ild
of
J
u
lia
C
h
il
d
, the
face
of
Judy
Garland,
the hair
of
Liza
Manelli,
and
the voice
of
Carol
C
h
anni
n
g
.
Dr
essed
in
bla
c
k
s
l
acks
and
bl
a
ck
t
u
nic
t
o
p,
s
ewn
o
v
er
w
i
th s
m
a
ll
seed
p
e
a
r
ls,
s
h
e
topped
o
f
f
t
h
e
o
u
t
f
it
with
a
p
lai
n
,
w
o
r
n
,
b
lack tre
n
ch
c
o
at, w
h
ich
Le
n
a
was later
to
call
h
er
“sig
n
ature
c
o
at,”
and
a
lar
g
e t
o
te,
us
e
d
as a
p
u
rse, whi
c
h
J
o
-
An
n
la
ug
h
i
n
gly
clai
m
e
d
g
a
ve
h
e
r
t
h
e official
status
of
“B
a
g
L
a
dy.”
She
still
wore
the
large,
d
i
a
m
ond
ring,
a circle
o
f four
tr
u
m
p
et-li
k
e
scr
o
lls
o
f
g
o
l
d
, each
i
n
set with
a
qu
a
rter
carat dia
m
ond
a
nd
a
half
c
a
rat
d
ia
m
ond
i
n
t
h
e center.
It
w
as
gari
s
h
a
n
d
ov
e
rsized – and
it fit
h
er
t
o
a
tee.

Jo
-A
nn n
e
v
e
r
l
earn
e
d
t
o dr
ive
.

“
I
tried
t
o
drive
twice.
Th
e
f
i
rst
ti
m
e...okay...
t
he
siste
r
s
where
I went to
h
i
gh
s
ch
o
ol dec
i
ded t
h
at I
sh
o
u
ld
l
ear
n
,
a
n
d
so o
f
f
we
g
o
in
t
h
e c
o
n
v
e
n
t
car with
m
e
a
t
t
h
e
w
h
eel.
I
d
id
fine
un
til
a
b
eer
tr
u
c
k
go
t
in
m
y wa
y
!
T
h
e
re we wer
e
,
looki
n
g
u
p
t
h
e
ass
-
en
d
o
f
t
h
i
s
t
r
u
c
k
,
a
n
d w
h
at
hap
p
e
n
s
?
Som
e
kegs
bu
rs
t
,
and
we
’
re
fl
o
od
e
d
w
i
th
be
er
!
P
ro
b
ably
t
h
e best ti
m
e
those
n
uns
h
ad in
ye
ars!

“
Th
e
n,
o
h
,
a
co
u
p
le
o
f
y
ears
later,
after
I
’
d
m
oved
h
er
e,
I
was dating
t
h
is
guy
in
t
h
e
sou
t
h-
e
n
d
,
a
n
d
he
d
e
cided
t
h
at
he
co
uld
teach
m
e to dr
i
v
e
s
o
,
once
aga
i
n
in
t
o
a
car
a
n
d
o
ff
w
e
g
o
!
I
r
eall
y
t
h
ou
gh
t
I
w
a
s
g
etti
n
g
t
h
e
hang
o
f
it.
I
still
to
t
h
is
d
ay
d
on’t
k
n
o
w
w
h
at
h
ap
p
e
n
ed,
b
u
t all
of
a
s
u
dd
e
n
,
t
h
er
e
’s
t
h
is
crash,
tin
k
ling
g
lass
and
I’
m
n
o
se
t
o
n
o
se with
a
p
o
ster in
fro
n
t
o
f
t
h
e
Paris
Theat
e
r
facing
this
chick
wear
i
n
g no
t
hing
but
a
couple
of
bla
c
k
rectang
l
es.
After
that,
I
g
a
ve
up
and
said