It was as though everyone was making a special effort to celebrate thisyear, Laura thought, because so many Magnolia boys were going intoservice. All right, let's go over all the figures. Hoover talked hopefully about wiping out poverty; hepromised 'two chickens in every pot and a car in every garage'. Off the phone Laura sat immobile for a few moments.
Though the Goldmans had neverconsidered the possibility of Seth's working as an architect inMagnolia, she suspected that Rhoda would be on her side. Laura arrived at the Donnell house before eight the next morning. Would you like to drive out there before dinner? Laura asked. The way prices are going up, that would cost a fortune, sheprotested.
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