Miss Nett and Dora-Rouge became an awe-inspiring pair. Short, dark, white-haired, bent over, tight-muscled Miss Nett pushed Dora-Rouge’s chair from place to place, keeping her out of the sun, or putting her in it when Dora-Rouge wanted “real” light and energy and power. Dora-Rouge merely had to point a crooked finger and Miss Nett, as we had done in our canoes, would take her that direction. At the house, they told stories I couldn’t understand, but I knew they were more than a little seamy, judging from the way they laughed. And they gave speeches to us and to the police: Dora-Rouge said to
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