Stanhope just sat there unable to speak.
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This class is dismissed!” Lacefield screamed. 97 As we filed out, Lacefield said, “And you, Miss Fischman, will report tomy office!” Of course, after that we never studied our homework, and that was allright until the day Mr. Stanhope gave us our first examination. “Shit,” said Peter Mangalore out loud, “what are we going to do?” Peter was the guy with the 10-incher, soft. “You'll never have to work for a living,” said the guy who looked likeJack Dempsey. “This is our problem.” “Maybe we ought to burn the school down,” said Red Kirkpatrick. “Shit,” said a guy from the back of the room, “every time I get an ‘P’ myfather pulls out one of my fingernails.” Weall looked at our examination sheets. I thought about my father. ThenI thought about Lilly Fischman. Lilly Fischman, I thought, you are a whore,an evil woman, wiggling your body in front of us and singing like that,you will send us all to hell.
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