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Show Woodworth/156 "Well enough, for now. But I don't know how long she'll be able to get by without a college diploma," Ned comments. "It seems like you just can't make it in today's world without a college degree. And I don't mean from Community College, or East Nowhere, either. You gotta graduate from a school with a name. I always thought Megan would go to Smith, or Radcliffe. She always did well in school." "She pushed too hard," Ruth says. "She just needed a break for a while, is all." "She'll probably go back," Kathy says. "I dnn't know. Those girls just don't seem to have the pizzazz to really go after something. Megan seems like she'll be perfectly willing to settle for second best. And Marty is the same way. She's only working part-time in a book store, for Christ's sake. With a college degree, that's all she's doing. A high-school drop-out, an idiot, could do what she's doing." "She'll find her way," Grayson says. "They both will. It'll just take them a while." "And you know what else?" Ned asks. Ruth turns, evaluates his face. He seems genuinely concerned, but it may be the alcohol. She has never heard him worry about the girls before without being cynical. It never seemed like he cared. Strange that he should be telling the Grayson's this. "It doesn't seem like either of them are interested in boys. I don't think they ever go out at all. And it's not like there's anything wrong with them." He turns to Ruth, appealing to her for confirmation. "I mean, they are both bright, attractive interesting young women. Can men these days really have gotten so bl^tndSy^ |