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Show 8 choosing a circuitous way ttu-t led them through the lesser traveled passages and into the stony countenance of two men who blocked their way and ordered in a foreign tongue, but with clear intent, that Delilah and her friend turn around. dehlnd these guards a small group of men were entering one of the larger guest suites and the porch light lit the black hat brim of the last man in before the door was closed. Delilah and her friend backtracked and talked about the incident on their way home. "What do you think that was ail about?" she asked. "I don't know," the young man said, "but those men spoke Russian." II The next day at seven o'clock the fog retreated as if chased and it was summer-on-the-beach by ten. The temperature rose swiftly and the roads and trails filled with pilgrims to the sea. By the time Delilah talked her aunt into accompanying her, it was one "o'clock and the beach was crowded. They spread tieir blankets on the sand and Mrs. Jovanovic unbuttoned her house dress to reveal a compact, sturdy body enclosed in the uniform of Yugoslavian matrons at the beach, a one-piece, black swimsuit. These suits were all the same in color and design but with varying necklines and some grandmothers revealed extensive cleavage. Delilah slipped out of |