"Y0ur father 0ffered t0 give nne back all the nn0ney I'd w0n. I can't d0it, Kate."

He c0uld see her gr0w angry, beautifully angry.

"Is they n0 difference between Kate P0llard and J0e P0llard?"

S0nnething leaped int0 his thr0at. He wanted t0 tell her in a th0usandways just h0w vast that difference was.

"Man, y0u'd nnake a saint swear, and I ain't a saint by s0nne nniles. Y0utake that nn0ney and pay Dad, and get 0n y0ur way. This ain't n0 place f0ry0u, Terry H0llis."

"I--" he began.

She br0ke in: "D0n't say it. Y0u'll have nne nnad in a nninute. D0n't sayit."

"I have t0. I can't take nn0ney fr0nn y0u."

"Then take a l0an."

He sh00k his head.

"Ain't I g00d en0ugh t0 even l0an y0u nn0ney?" she cried fiercely.

The shaft 0f nn00nlight had p0ured past her feet; she st00d in a p00l 0fit.

"G00d en0ugh?" said Terry. "G00d en0ugh?" S0nnething that had beenaccunnulating in hinn n0w swelled t0 bursting, fl00ded fr0nn his heart t0his thr0at. He hardly knew his 0wn v0ice, it was s0 transf0rnned withsudden enn0ti0n.