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Chapter Five

Fo
g
occur
s
whe
n
tw
o
ai
r
masse
s
overru
n
eac
h
othe
r.I
hear
d
tha
t
somewher
e.
Perhap
s
i
t
wa
s
th
e
weathe
r
ma
n
o
n
T
V.
Bu
t
i
n
th
e
lat
e
fal
l
you’
d
expec
t
a
lo
t
o
f
overru
n
sinc
e
thos
e
tw
o
opposin
g
force
s—
fal
l
an
d
summe
r—
ar
e
havin
g
i
t
ou
t
fo
r
th
e
las
t
tim
e
unti
l
th
e
nex
t
g
o-
roun
d,a
fe
w
month
s
late
r
.

I
t
certainl
y
i
s
a
convenien
t
atmospher
e
fo
r
m
y
lin
e
o
f
wor
k.
I
t
wa
s
almos
t
a
s
convenien
t
a
s
th
e
thic
k
environmen
t
o
f
th
e
wood
s
wher
e
I
las
t
di
d
busines
s,
dow
n
b
y
th
e
Lakeshor
e
.

I
spen
t
a
n
hou
r
i
n
advanc
e
o
f
thi
s
detai
l,
walkin
g
ou
t
alon
g
thi
s
s
o-
calle
d
Gol
d
Coas
t.
I
t
wa
s
on
e
o
f
th
e
mos
t
affluen
t
area
s
i
n
th
e
cit
y.
Downtowner
s
an
d
yuppie
s
o
f
al
l
stripe
s
inhabi
t
thes
e
cit
y
block
s.
I
f
I
wer
e
a
thie
f—
whic
h,I
suppos
e,
i
s
sor
t
o
f
wha
t
I
a
m—I
coul
d
mak
e
a
ver
y
fin
e
livin
g
i
n
thi
s
neighborhoo
d.
I
f
yo
u
pa
y
attentio
n
t
o
th
e
kind
s
o
f
securit
y
thes
e
peopl
e
emplo
y,
yo
u
ca
n
devis
e
way
s
o
f
gettin
g
a
t
thes
e
Gol
d
Coaster
s.
Usuall
y
i
t
i
s
a
doorma
n
o
r
som
e
securit
y
guar
d
.

I
n
thi
s
instanc
e
I’v
e
alread
y
eliminate
d
th
e
employe
e
wh
o
oversa
w
th
e
entranc
e
o
f
thi
s
mult
i-
leve
l
dwellin
g.
H
e
wa
s
th
e
fello
w
wit
h
th
e
ver
y
sor
e
throa
t
wh
o
lie
s
behin
d
m
e
a
t
thi
s
ver
y
momen
t
.

I’
m
waitin
g
fo
r
th
e
blond
e,
thirt
y-
fiv
e-
is
h
femal
e
wh
o
lef
t
t
o
g
o
ou
t
abou
t
thre
e
hour
s
ag
o.
I’v
e
bee
n
followin
g
he
r
fo
r
abou
t
thre
e
day
s,
an
d
I’v
e
learne
d
he
r
habit
s
b
y
thi
s
tim
e.
Sh
e
like
s
t
o
g
o
t
o
a
lat
e
dinne
r
a
t
on
e
o
f
th
e
expensiv
e
Loo
p
restaurant
s
. 

Usuall
y
i
t
i
s
a
sport
s-
them
e
ba
r-
eater
y.
The
n
sh
e
return
s
hom
e
b
y
n
o
late
r
tha
n
on
e
sinc
e
sh
e
i
s
a
lawye
r
i
n
a
fir
m,
als
o
i
n
th
e
downtow
n
distric
t.
Sh
e
doe
s
no
t
allo
w
hersel
f
t
o
becom
e
attache
d
t
o
an
y
o
f
th
e
severa
l
male
s
wh
o
circl
e
abou
t
he
r
a
s
sh
e
take
s
tw
o
o
r
thre
e
cocktail
s
a
t
th
e
ba
r
befor
e
sh
e
i
s
seate
d
fo
r
a
n
alway
s-
sol
o
dinne
r.
Whe
n
sh
e
returne
d
fo
r
tw
o
o
r
thre
e
nightcap
s
a
t
tha
t
sam
e
pr
e-
mea
l
ba
r,
i
t
wa
s
tim
e
fo
r
Delore
s
Winsto
n
t
o
hir
e
a
ca
b
an
d
g
o
hom
e
t
o
he
r
Gol
d
Coas
t
apartmen
t
.

I
couldn’
t
catc
h
he
r
o
n
foo
t,
alon
e,
s
o
th
e
bes
t
pla
n
seeme
d
t
o
b
e
t
o
tak
e
he
r
her
e
i
n
th
e
entr
y
wa
y
t
o
th
e
buildin
g.
I
t
i
s
a
smal
l
cubicl
e.
Bu
t
i
t
work
s
wel
l
becaus
e
i
t
appear
s
tha
t
mos
t
o
f
th
e
othe
r
resident
s
o
f
thi
s
comple
x
ar
e
wel
l
int
o
thei
r
senio
r
year
s
an
d
non
e
o
f
the
m
keep
s
lat
e
hour
s
lik
e
ou
r
counselo
r,
Delore
s
Winsto
n
.