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@@@@@I loved it! She sounded just like the old days!" She paused to draw breath, and when she spoke again, she didn't sound so giddynot quite, but it'll do "Know what you mean, jellybean "Daddy, you're so amazingThis is a comeback and a half "How much is all this sugar going to cost me?" "Millions," she said, and laughed "Still planning to drop in on The Hummingbirds tour?" I tried to sound just interestedNot particularly concerned with my almost-twenty-yearold daughter's love life 573 "No," she said, "I think that's off Only five words, and little ones at that, but in those five words I heard the different, older Illy, one who might in the not-so-distant future be at home in a business suit and pantyhose and pumps with practical three-quarter heels, who might wear her hair tied back at the nape of her neck during the day and perhaps carry a briefcase down airport concourses instead of wearing a Gap-sack on her backNot an If-So-Girl any longer; you could strike any if from this vision "The whole thing, or-" "That remains to be seen "I don't mean to pry, honeyIt's just that enquiring Dads-" " - want to know, of course they do, but I can't help you this timeAll I know right now is that I still love him - or at least I think I do - and I miss him, but he's got to make a choice At this point, Pam would have asked Between you and the girl he's been singing with? What I asked was, "Are you eating?" She burst into peals of merry laughter "Answer the question, Illy 574 "Like a damn pig!" "Then why aren't you out to lunch now?" "A bunch of us are going to have a picnic in the park, that's whyComplete with anthro study notes and FrisbeeI'm bringing the cheese and French breadAs long as you're eating and not brooding in your tent "Eating well, brooding moderately Her voice changed again, became the adult oneThe abrupt switches back and forth were disconcerting "Sometimes I lie awake a little, and then I think of you down t