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Ovid was explaining so to Juliet that he called the theory of the territorial divide With some confusion Dellarobia understood this was her theory, he was attributing it to her, though the tere denial functioned like folk art for so survival in their own tero cult Introduced from the outside, corporate motives via conservative media But now it’s become fully identified with the icons of local culture, so it’s no longer up for discussion

"The key thing is," Juliet said, resting her elbow on the table, that beautiful wrist bending under the weight of its wooden rings, "once you’re talking identity, you can’t just lecture that out of people The condescension of outsiders won’t dialvanizes it"

Dellarobia felt abruptly conscious of her husband and her linoleum "Christ on the cross," she said without enthusias on mudflaps, science illiteracy That would be us"

"I am troubled by this theory, Dellarobia," Ovid said, "but I can’t say you are wrong I’ve read a lot of scholarly articles on the topic, but you make more sense"

"Well, yeah," Juliet said, "that’s kind of the point, that outsiders won’t get it" She looked at Dellarobia, irl signal, as if they were in league Dellarobia felt herself resisting the invitation Juliet went to yard sales for entertain to Ovid were bleaching out and dying fast, all over the world Preston would never get to see one Dellarobia felt like taking a tire iron to soot up to clear the plates

Cordie had been good throughwith her navel counted as being good And squeezing boiled potatoes in her fists, watching white potato ers "Good" was a euphemism for quiet But the internal weather of Cordelia always turned quickly, and now suddenly she was fussy, ready for a bath and bed Cub lifted her by the arht Prestoncranked up His science buzz, Dellarobia called this He remembered to ask Dr Byron about the Perfect Fe for weeks and weeks Ovid explained they were females that had their full complement of parts

Preston crossed his ar Ovid for sincerity "You s?"

"Those, and more," Ovid said "All the inside parts too So they don’t need helpers or auxiliaries to function, the orker bees do, or soldier ants A perfect feo out and start a new colony by herself"

Preston accepted this andfrom the room

"Excuse me please!" Dellarobia called after him

"May-I-please-be-excused!" he yelled fro to a halt in his sock feet He plopped a yellow book on the table: Encyclopedia of Anio to Florida in the winter"

"Florida and the Gulf," Dellarobia corroborated She’d read hie depressed her It was a deeply unsatisfactory account

Ovid took the book and found the publication date, nodding "This was the definitive version of the story in 1952 The monarchs were already a subject of scientific curiosity then No one knew yet where they went in winter"