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I COULD DO A LOT WORSE THAN END UP AS HIS AIDE-DE-CAMP-THAT'S THE ANGLE I'M SHOOTING. , the Rev. He had a gloomy, detached quality that Dan had imagined would be perfect for the grim, final phantom-but when Mr. l of Death? He looked down at his hands folded on top of the table; we could hear Hester's bath emptying.

Swing away! THAT WAS TOO FAR AWAY! Owen said. AND SHE WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING-I THINK SHE WANTED TO BE GOOD. Owen's opinion of Pastor Merrill had improved considerably from those earlier years when the issue of the minister's doubt had bothered Owen's dogmatic side; Mr. Why aren't Americans as disgusted by them-          selves-as fed up with themselves-as everyone else is? All their lip servic