Crowned Heads
“SHE waves her arms and jumps up and down. She shakes the ends of her ten fingers as though they have been scalded. Oh! she hollers; Oh! The rest are shouting and stamping their feet. It is pandemonium. Still hopping and jumping, the girl flings herself against the man in his After Six dinner ensemble, the gold jacket with contrasting lapels and a colored ruffled shirt, a bow tie the size of a jumbo Hershey bar, he displaying most of his front teeth, she still shrieking and now clutching the che...ck he hands her, making her … “Theeee winnnner of twenty-five thousand dollllars on The Neeeew Trrrrreasure Hunt!” the host exclaims, and the show fades for the half-time commercial.
“Rubbish,” says Willie Marsh aloud, though there is no one in the room with him. Monday is cook’s night out, and he is alone. He intones a reverent grace over his TV dinner: in the center compartment is Salisbury steak with gravy, in the left-hand compartment, carrots and peas, in the right-hand one, mashed potato, at the rear, apple pandowdy.MoreLess
“Rubbish,” says Willie Marsh aloud, though there is no one in the room with him. Monday is cook’s night out, and he is alone. He intones a reverent grace over his TV dinner: in the center compartment is Salisbury steak with gravy, in the left-hand compartment, carrots and peas, in the right-hand one, mashed potato, at the rear, apple pandowdy.MoreLess
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