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Behind him stumped a chunky woman, crowding fifty. She was in a worse state of dishabille. She hadn't quite made it to bed and was still in her slip. Her stockings had been unhitched from her garters and hung in slack transparency around her fat calves, like the sloughed off skin of a snake. BEHIND HIM STUMPED A CHUNKY WOMAN CROWDING FIFTY SHE WAS IN A WORSE STATE OF DISAPPEAL SHE HADN'T QUITE MADE IT TO BED AND WAS STILL IN HER SLIP HER STOCKINGS HAD BEEN UNHITCHED FROM HER GARTERS AND HUNG IN SLACK TRANSPARENCY AROUND HER FAT CALVES LIKE THE SLOFT OFF SKIN OF A SNAKE
y. He let us in with a key. We were in a dimly-lit hall that had a staircase against its left wall and an open door at its right, leading into a darkened room. A tall skinny girl was sitting about a third of the way up the carpeted flight of steps. Her face was drawn out to a point by a long, thin nose. "Here they are," she called up the stairway, showing braces on her teeth. She stood up and came down the hall. She was clad in a shortie wrapper that showed off her race-horse legs. "Billy Joe," she said to Lefty. "I _told_ them you were coming." "Hi, Pheola," he said. "Good for you." He sounded pleased. There were steps above, and two others joined us. First came a short square man with gray hair and bushy gray eyebrows. He was wrapped up in a flannel robe that had once been maroon and was now rusty with age and wear. It only served to confirm that he had just been yanked out of bed. He hadn't bothered to put anything on his bare feet or to comb his hair. A pretty wild looking old man.  LIMPED TO THE TOP OF THE STEPS AFTER LEFTY HE LED US IN WITH A KEY WE WERE IN A DIMLY LIT HALL THAT HAD A STAIRCASE AGAINST ITS LEFT WALL AND AN OPEN DOOR AT ITS RIGHT LEADING INTO A DARKENED ROOM A TALL SKINNY GIRL WAS SITTING ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY UP THE CARPETED FLIGHT OF STEPS HER FACE WAS DRAWN OUT TO A POINT BY A LONG THIN NOSE HERE THEY ARE SHE CALLED UP THE STAIRWAY SHOWING BRACES ON HER TEETH SHE STOOD UP AND CAME DOWN THE HALL SHE WAS CLAD IN A SHORTY WRAPPER THAT SHOWED OFF HER RACE HORSE LEGS BILLY JOE SHE SAID TO LEFY I TOLD THEM YOU WERE COMING I FEELLA HE SAID GOOD FOR YOU HE SOUNDED PLEASED THERE WERE STEPS ABOVE AND TWO OTHERS JOINED US FIRST CAME A SHORT SQUARE MAN WITH GRAY HAIR AND BUSHY GRAY EYEBROWS HE WAS WRAPPED UP IN A FLANNEL ROBE THAT HAD ONCE BEEN MAROON AND WAS NOW RUSTY WITH AGE AND WEAR IT ONLY SERVED TO CONFIRM THAT HE HAD JUST BEEN YANKED OUT OF BED HE HADN'T BOTHERED TO PUT ANYTHING ON HIS BARE FEET OR TO COMB HIS HAIR A PRETTY WILD LOOKING OLD MAN
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