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"Don't you ever say anything like that again!" I reprimanded "What Bart does is his own business Where do you hear such gossip?"

At that New Year's Eve party a few of the guests that Bart had invited to his party had showed up, and soon enough I was tactfully finding out if they'd received Bart's invitation No, everyone said, though they stared at Chris and me, then at Jory in his chair, as if they had hts they'd never speak

"Mother, I don't believe you," said Bart coldly when I told hiuests I'd met hadn't received his invitations "You hate Joel, you see only Malcolood and pious old man He's sworn to me he did mail off the invitations, and I believe him"

"And you don't believe ed "People are tricky Maybe those you talked to only wanted to appear polite"

Cindy left for school the second of January, eager to escape the boredoh school this spring and had no intentions of going on to college as Chris had tried to persuade her

"Even an actress needs culture" But it hadn't worked Our Cindy was just as stubborn in her oay as Carrie had been in hers

Melodie was quiet,to be around that everyone avoided her She resented caring for the sive her pleasure and soful to do Soon we had to hire a nurse Melodie also did very little to help with Jory, so I did for him what he couldn't do for himself ,

Chris had his work that kept him happy and away until Fridays around four when he'd come in the door, much as Daddy had once returned to us on Fridays Ti itself Chris was in his own busy world, we on thefresh, breezy, confident and overjoyed to be with us on the weekends He brushed aside proble

We in Foxworth Hall stayed, never going anywhere now that Jory didn't want to leave the security of his wonderful rooms

Soon it would be Jory's thirtieth birthday We'd have to do so special Then it came to me I'd invite all the members of his New York ballet company to come to his party First, of course, I'd have to discuss this with Bart

He swiveled his office desk chair away froroup of dancers into throw another party and waste oodelse for him--but don't invite them"

"But Bart, once I heard you say you'd like to have his ballet company entertain at your parties"

"Not now I've changed Besides, I've never really approved of dancers Never have, never will This is the Lord's houseand in the spring a temple of worship will be raised to celebrate his rule over all of us"

"What do you mean, a temple will be raised?"

He grinned before he turned his attention back to the computer "A chapel so near you can't avoid it, Mother Won't that be nice? Every Sunday we'll rise early to attend services All of us'