“He should have let this one go, but he couldn’t. “Look at the conditions here.” “I see them,” Vera persisted. “It looks simple but peaceful, free of corporate stress and traffic jams.” “Traffic would be the least of their problems,” Dwight said. “There’s no sanitation, no heating. Half the people here don’t have a tooth left in their skull. I doubt they have a stock of antibiotics on hand. And look at those kids. One has a cleft palate, the other has a lazy eye—” “It’s called amblyopia,” Vera c...orrected. She knew about such things; her organization funded a Well Baby Clinic for inner-city mothers. Dwight gave her a funny look. “It’s also known as lazy eye.” “‘Lazy’ is a pejorative term.” Dwight laughed and shook his head. He had had “lazy eye” as a kid. Lulu felt an argument brewing. “Come, come. Let’s visit this family. It is good luck for you to come in. If you are in household where someone has died, this dead person will carry away all your bad luck when she goes to the next world.”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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