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Mr Adkins ushered them into a s on the wall: ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF FREEDOM Evie perched on the very edge of an offered chair Jericho sat beside her Sam stood behind the

"What may the Pillar of Fire Church do for you today, Mr and Mrs Jones?"

"Mr Jones and I are so very i away fro on" Evie shuddered for effect "We just don’t feel safe, do we, Mr Jones?"

"I… uh…"

Evie patted his hand "We don’t Don’t you think it’s simply awful, Mr Adkins?"

"Indeed I do But I can’t say I’ in, you know--it’s polluting our white race and way of life The Jewish anarchists The Bolsheviks The Italians and Irish Catholics The Negroes, with theirThey don’t hold to our same moral code They don’t share our American values We believe in one hundred percent Americanism"

"Which tribe?" Sa fit She"Mr Adkins, could I have a glass of water, please?" Evie coughed again for effect

"Certainly I’ll, uh, I’ll have to go to the kitchen for it I won’t be but a minute Please one, Evie leaped up "That’s just what I intend to do You fellas search this roo around"

Jericho shook his head "That isn’t a good idea, Evie What if he comes back?"

"Tell him I went to the lavatory," Evie said with a roll of her eyes "Men are pos-i-tute-ly paralyzed by the mention of females in lavatories"

Evie sneaked down the hall, opening doors, searching for anything that ht be a clue A new batch of Good Citizen pamphlets sat in a stack on a table by the staircase The cover i a Catholic upside down in the way that Tommy Duffy’s body had been posed Evie pocketed the pamphlet to show to Will later

"Psst!" Sam hissed at Evie from the doorway of an office

"Sa?" Evie whispered

"Sa around"

Evie ran to the end of the hall Seeing no one, she hurried inside the office and shut the door "You were supposed to stay with Jericho!"