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Not long afterward, I was in Pine Bluff in the county clerk’s office. Bob Nash, who was working on economic development for the Rockefeller Foundation, helped on nights and weekends. Where's your automobile? I'll come with you. I don't do it often because they turn it into a social event and waste time.

Then he had me load it myself, then said, 'Woodie, I'll bet you half a dollar-do you have half a dollar?' I had considerably more, but I had bet with him before, so I admitted to only a quarter. Lazarus made a slow, careful buildup of his attack. 'The deck'? Why, Llita, that's dreadful. Want to synopsize it, dear?-and fill him in later if you wish.