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    【】yoneday,thepositionlukeosixtisieennthsofherexile,andoftenthought,quiteunaosexualityexisted,thatbyrightslukeshouldhaverriedae,beptanykindofintieggie,spentalltheirsparetireading.hielhooresalaeggieleaedagreatdealwhilesheread.

    onesundayinjuneof1936lukeaueduptogether,verypleasedselves.theyhade,theysaid,togiveggiearealtreat,fortheyakioaceilidh.

    uhegeendenansasirish,thesefroupskingupthebulkofthepopulation.aended.

    toggiesastonishnt,lukeandaeagnifioresasstrongfinelegsindiandkeredhose,buckledshoes.itselvesheshirtsopenhalfheirchests,sleevesrolledupabovetheirelbows.

    ”saceilidhaoff.”itsgaelicfathering,ashindig.”

    ”hareyous”

    ”inunlessalltheceilidhsbetais.”

    ”areyounoagineyoustioquiteafeoneyforakilt.isntthatso,ae””ansgottohavesorelaxation,”saidluke,alittledefeheangrovespsfesteringabouttheuthofthedungloeriver.oh,ellsggiethoughtindespair,heosetasses,ldeangroves.alltherottingeffluviaoftheseashorerolledintoonesll.

    sureenough,everynarrivingattheshedustfeelate.theenpressioerstagesoftheeveningonlysharpened.

    tplex,lightbluebasedandersontartanostofthenoisyaenen,andananaterialaroundtheshoulders.sotheenpsilenaacationeil,aeinthesassenachsjabeantartaiful

    lukeahertonightshesighed,leanedagainsttheenuuepree,thensttishatall,justplayauloveanyoneelse.

    atdnighttheenlikergingofsoundandsight,oflifeandbrilliantvitality,eansarysopierasabovetheirheads,handsflickedoverlikeballetdancers,andverygravely,asifattheendthesongtheblades.

    ahighshrillssslinkinganddissolving,kiltsflaring.reels,strathspeys,flings;theydanoers,buethepattegedsoohatshrill,ululatingotherexuberantthroats.heenched,fotten.

    itoingheceilidhbrokeup;outsidetheastricrispnessofblairathollorskyebutthetorporofatropiight,

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