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Show 81 partners with you?" "Yes, I guess t h a t ' s what I mean," "What do you have against the Flower Girls?" "Not a thing, personally. Except-they ditched you. And your Grandmother Tzipporah and I don't like t h a t ." She laughed a l i t t l e , I asked another question I had avoided. "Are you planning to be a dance-hall g i r l ?" "Don't you think I'm p r e t t y enough?" I stared at her straggly cropped hair and bony features. And ragged clothes. I guess her large green eyes were the only feature I had p a r t i c u l a r l y noticed before. "You'll do," I said, "when you get on a l l those ruffles and feathers. But"-I hesitated-"you sure you want to be a dance-hall g i r l ?" "What else could I be? I already know the songs-" "After we get to Dawson City and pick up the gold," I said, "you can be anything you want. Because you will have the money to pay for i t . School, business, Nob Hill mansion-anything." "I think I ' l l be an actress in the legitimate theater then," Tip said. She whirled a pink rose i n the water. "Or an opera singer. Or have an orphanage. What about you?" I had never told anyone my dream-except Pa. And I hesitated. |