Novel.20.In.A.Class.By.Itself.1984 by Brown Sandra

Author:Brown, Sandra [Brown, Sandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

want it ready by next summer so we can start the camping program then."

He studied her for a long moment. "This means a great deal to you, doesn't 49"

Her head came around a'nd her effervescence momentarily fizzled. "A great deal," she said with heartfelt sincerity. "Does that surprise you so much, Logan? How can you claim to have loved me once and think me too shallow to do something worthwhile for handicapped, and often underprivileged, children without having an ulterior motive?"

"It's not that I think you're incapable of pity_, "It's not pity. I approach the work practically, not emotionally. It's a job someone needs to do and I'm doing it."

641 find it hard to reconcile the fact that a girl who had your upbringing, who came from the privileged classes, can identify with an economically deprived, retarded child. Especially to the extent of your inVolvement. Writing out a check, yes. But not taking on a project of this scope, actually getting your hands dirty."

4Some of them aren't economically deprived. Some come from very wealthy families. Spina bifida and Down's syndrome don't recognize class distinctions."

C'Is that a subtle put-down meaning that I do')"

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"If the shoe fits . . ."

"I'm sorry, Dani." He braked at the gate and turned to face her. His smile was self-deprecating and apologetic. "You're right, I guess. I'm an inverted snob."

"I like you anyway." She reached out to touch his hair.

Leaning forward, he settled his mouth against the corner of hers. "I have a ferocious appetite." She made a small murmuring sound of concession. "How about lunch?"

"Lunch!" She acted affronted and shoved him away.

"You don't expect me to be romantic on an empty stomach, do you?"

"That is asking a lot of a big, strapping boy like you, I suppose. But what did you have in mind for dessert?" I

"I'd love to discuss that with you,' he said, consulting his gold wristwatch, "but if we don't hurry, we're going to be late."

He drove to another remote spot. "Where are we?" Dani asked as he helped her out of the truck. "I thought we were-Is that a horse?"

Loaan tilted his head from side to side as he assessed the thoroughbred animal tied to the lower branches of a tree. "My opinion would be that that is

definitely a horse. Strictly my opinion, you understand."

"Oh, you!" She swatted the air in front of his face and then went toward the horse. It was bridled, but didn't have a saddle. "How did he conveniently get tethered out here in the middle of nowhere? With a Picnic basket, no less, at his feet."

"I've got very good people on my payroll."

She glanced around, seeing no trace of another human being. "I haven't seen any employees." "That's why they're good," he said, leering.

"They're supposed to be invisible. I wanted this to be just like in the movies. You know, where picnic baskets appear from nowhere and violin music pours from the heavens. That kind of thing."

She bit her lower lip to keep from laughing out loud.

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