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“She said to drive across the border, into downtown Tijuana, and park behind the Woolworth’s at4:30, there’d be a fellow to meet us. Today, no self-respecting carnivalwill carry a freak bally—a sideshow of malforms and sports. I didn’t stop him. There was a terrible minor sound from Nita, then she turned, watery, and stood silently beside thewindow, looking empty and hopeless.

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