When she spoke about the details of her investigations and findings, no one interrupted her to ask skeptical questions. It was obvious to Elizebeth that people here were used to treating Mrs. Gallup with great deference, that she was an important person at Riverbank, and that dinner conversations like this had probably happened many times before, with Mrs. Gallup holding court and the others nodding and smiling. Elizebeth got the sense that “Mrs. Gallup had dwelt only among those who agreed with her premise and that she had little personal contact with the viewpoint of those who did not
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This reminds me of someone
