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of Robert, but I was always on pins and needles when

talk turned to tourists and the effects they had on our

town It was a subject Cary and Robert would have to

agree not to agree about

That afternoon, Cary joined Robert and me in

the cafeteria for lunch Robert asked him some

questions about boats and Cary talked right through

the warning bell Every once in a while, Robert

glanced at me, his eyes ith surprise I simply

sat there, holding my breath, afraid that if I uttered a

word or ic

spell

But it didn't break On the way home from

school that day, Cary offered that he ht have been

wrong about Robert