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AT THE END OF THE BLOCK, OPPOSITE.THE
JONES'S AND NEXT TO THE ABANDONED.CHINE
SE JOSS-HOUSE, LIVES THE ADAMS.FAMILY, W
HOSE DESIGN OF PRIVATE EXIS-.TENCE IS SO
PUBLIC AND SO DIFFERENT.FROM THE COMMON
AMERICAN FAMILY THAT.ONE CANNOT HELP BU
T FIND IT FASCINAT-.ING. THERE ARE NEVE
R AS MANY ADAMS.CHILDREN AS THERE APPEAR
TO BE, ACTU-.ALLY ONLY EIGHT, BUT THOSE
WHO KNOW.THEM SWEAR THERE ARE TWICE AS
MANY.. PERHAPS THIS ERROR IN FIGURES I
S.CAUSED BY THEIR NOISE, THEIR WEASEL-.L
IKE DARTINGS FROM PLACE TO PLACE, .AND M
OSTLY BY THE FACT THAT MANY OF.THEM SEEM
ABOUT THE SAME AGE, AND .STRONGLY RESEM
BLE EACH OTHER. . THEY ARE ALL K
NOBBY AT THE JOINTS.AND BONY IN BETWEEN
THEM; THEY ARE .ALL KNOCK-KNEED, WITH GI
PSY-ISH .CHEEK-BONES, FLAT NOSES, LONG F
LEX-.IBLE MOUTHS SET IN TIDELINES OF .
GRIME, UNWINKING BEER-COLORED EYES.COMPL
ETELY ENCIRCLED BY PINK WHITES,.AND NETT
ED IN WRINKLES AS THOUGH THEY.ARE MIDDLE
-AGED. . BOYS AND GIRLS ALIKE HAVE SP
IKY.DUST-BROWN HAIR IN WHICH BURRS, CHAF
F .AND STREAKS OF JAM OR TOMATO SAUCE.ST
ICK, AND REMAIN STICKING, FOR DAYS..ONE
OR ANOTHER IS ALWAYS SHAVEN-.HEADED BECA
USE OF LICE. GRANULES .LIKE DRIED HONEY
INFEST THE CORNERS .OF THEIR EYES AND T
HE ROOTS OF THEIR.LASHES. DURING THE SU
MMER THY GO .BAREFOOTED, REVEALING LONG
TARSIER-.LIKE TOES. IN THE COLDER MONTH
S, .WHEN OTHERS WEAR BOOTS, THEY WEAR .S
ANDSHOES THAT SMELL OF FEET.. THEIR NA
MES ARE IRONICALLY VERY.GLAMOROUS, PARTI
CULARLY THE DOUBLE.NAMES OF THE GIRLS WH
ICH ARE ALWAYS.USED IN FULL: CHRISTOBEL
VERONICA,.ROSALIE MARIGOLD, GERALDINE EM
ILY AND.MELBA FLORABELLE. THE BOYS' NAM
ES .ARE WINSTON, AUBREY, SELWYN AND .MAX
IMILIAN.. ONE WONDERS JUST HOW MANY OT
HER.'ADAMS FAMILIES' EXIST..+.
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