Between the rush of business Laura took Jonnie to the Mall, and in thefashion of summer tourists ignoring the torpid heat they walked thelong length from the Washington Monument to the Capitol. I feel just awful that we weren't invited to the big shindig at theEvans' farm. nd sat respectfully in the empty congressionalgallery Congress, of course, was not in session in August. The following evening they were to be guests for dinner atthe home of one of the old-line families, who Iris knew from PalmBeach.
The atmosphere wassuddenly oppressive. Iris's lush hair was like her father's, near black. Avalon, the Holy Isle, is now no longer the same island as the Glastonbury where we of the Old Faith once allowed the monks to build their chapel and their monastery. Let's go for coffee, Iris said.
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