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" 'We'll continue this, of course,' said Aunt Queen 'Can we see this child?¡¯

" 'I recommend you do,' said Grady, 'because he's a beautiful boy, handsoht too, and Terry Sue, for all her faults, is trying to bring hiht help, if you'll take estion Now Pops never would but¡¯

" 'But what is it?' I asked I was flabbergasted by all this

" 'Give her enough ood schools,' said Grady 'Equalize things, you knohat I ames or what have you out there, take it for all the children ¡¯

" 'I see, yes, I understand,' said Aunt Queen 'You'll have to give me a written report as to the size of the fae¡¯

" 'No, I wouldn't do it in writing, Miss Queen,' said Grady 'I wouldn't put anything in writing at all There's five little ones out there now, no, six as of this , and the latest boyfriend is a piece of trash, pure trailer trash, I should say, and in fact they do live in a trailer, the whole gang, and such a trailer you wouldn't believe, and there are the proverbial rusting cars up on blocks in the yard, it's just a classical situation out there, a regular motion picture set -- ¡¯

" 'Cut to the chase, my man,' said Aunt Queen

" 'But there is that little boy whose father was rich, and he's growing up out there and Terry Sue is doing the best she can, and this new baby, this new baby ure I'll take the envelopes of cash for you, that¡¯

"Of course Aunt Queen and I both understood this But ere eager and curious about this little boy, still unbelieving though I was emotionally A little brother, no, a little uncle, naenes in him, and maybe a resemblance to the many portraits all over the household

"It being agreed that ere finished, Aunt Queen had risen and so had Jashout, and I was still sitting there, deeply preoccupied

" 'Does the little boy know?' I asked

" 'I'm not sure,' said Grady He looked to Aunt Queen 'You and I can discuss this further ¡¯

" 'Oh, indeed, we should; we're talking about a fa in one trailer Good Lord, and she's so beautiful The least I could do would be to purchase the good woman a decent house, if it wouldn't offend the pride of anyone squeezed into the trailer ¡¯

" 'How come I never heard of her?' I asked And to hter

" 'Then we'd have double trouble, wouldn't we?' said Jasmine 'Men just fall over flat at the feet of Terry Sue ¡¯