“And Dolly Parton is a humanitarian, Jasper,” Madison added. “She’s done a lot for the state and for the children of the state.” “She’s an actress,” he said, like this was evidence of something. He was smiling, maybe playing, but Bessie seemed embarrassed now, like she’d made a mistake, and I got angry. “She’s the greatest Tennessean in the state’s entire history,” I said flatly, definitively. “Oh, Lillian,” Jasper said, chuckling. “She wrote ‘I Will Always Love You,’” I said, dumbfounded that this didn’t end the debate. “Lillian,” Jasper said, his charm turning serious, so haughty, “do you
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