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Not him, Wally thought, and sought the eyes of Curly Day; Curly's eyes were easy to find—they were riveted [231] on Candy. She allowed Melony to read to the girls that evening; Melony's voice was oddly flat and passionless. He wrote to her that he had lost the original questionnaire—which was the only reason he had been so tardy in returning it. _What_ rules? he wondered, reading down the page.

For reasons that were never explained to Homer Wells but perhaps for a presence of authority that was necessary for a good crew boss to maintain, he was _Mister_ Rose to everybody. The stationmaster, who hated to leave the television, was shoveling snow off the platform when the train pulled in. Every time she moved her hands, Homer flinched. He hardly worried that the Winkles' craziness would bother the boy, and it wouldn't have.