I left the bathroom andlooked in on Ki again. I sup-pose you liked raising cain on shore leave, didn't you? Joe said he didn't usual y have much pay to raise cain with, used to play bal sometimes, that wasn't so bad. Thank you, she said. All of which says agood deal about me, I suppose, and none of it flattering.
After Dad began to get around a little they both went down to Port Arthur for a couple of weeks for a change to stay with an old friend of Dad's. In the old country their name had been Kompshchski but they said that in New York nobody could pronounce it. He was lying again, but this time I didn't mind so much, because Ithought he was lying to himself. Mattie was on her hands and knees by the barbecuewith her hair hanging in her face--it was as if she meant to sweep upthe hot coals before they could cause some real trouble.
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