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"I’d like to get a look in that purse I bet she’s on drugs"

"Makeup," Alice says confidently

"Could be," Taylor concedes "She has to fix herself up so as Maybe she’s depressed that things didn’t pan out at the Delta Queen"

"Well, she can’t be that depressed," Alice points out "She hasn’t quit using hair spray yet"

"No, she hasn’t I think we’ve got our own personal Eco-Barbie hole in the ozone following us across Nevada We’d better look out where we park it"

Behind Gundi’s bed are tall s standing open to let in the clear yellow scent of creosote bushes and whatever bird or long-legged ani by Gundi props her head on one elbow Lit fro To distract hiines a country where people sleep under such a thing, to protect theolden strain of s with his eyes closed

She strokes the center of his chest "You have a problem, don’t you?"

"I do" Jax opens his eyes briefly, then closes theain

"Tell me"

"Do you want to know everybody’s problems as much as you want to know mine?" he asks

"No," she says "I’ problems Bill the mailman has hives" She waits "Well?"

"My situation here is so Catholic, which I was at one time It takes a lot of the fun out of theto have to confess it later"

Gundi stares "What we have been doing all week you have to confess to a priest?"

"No To Taylor"

Gundi draws the sheet up to her shoulders "Why?"