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Show 34, Jeffries, Islamorada Diamond was drinking cherry daquiris. And going on. In her sales vernacular, 'hammering.' "My husband won't be shortchanged." "Nor shortweighted. You'll get him on a technicality, Diamond." "Well you joke about it, but some things don't change; my brother says the fellows still want 'em 'pure. . .and sweet. . .as a nur-suh-ree,'" she sang tunelessly. "And there's more good girls, more than you'd think, Dorian-" "In the elementary schools, particularly, I should say-" "A tiny Gideon's army of us, but on that mission I'd guess that the young lady you're living with, the miss in question. . .isn't. . ." "Just from the fact that I'm living with her-" "Well, you see. And haven't you heard that a girl remembers her first lover. . .for a very long time. . .?" "I would think. . ." "And you can bet that hjs made a lasting impression bn her. . ." Months later, in conversation with the Grand Pooh-bah of Irate, Dory would recall Diamond sorting for a horse metaphor: |