GUEST: HOMER HICKAM
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The boys watch the Cape Coalwood blockhouse burn.
“Come on,” says Homer. “Let’s go have some fun for a change.”
Later that night, at the Owl’s Nest, “Why Do Fools Fall in Love?” is playing. There’s a jar with a ceramic Oertel’s Beer owl that says “It’s Wise to be CHEERFUL.” Kids are dropping quarters into the jar.
O’Dell is steering Quentin to a table where girls are sitting.
“They watched us get arrested!” says Quentin. “We’re practically ex-convicts. They’ll never dance with us!”
“Jesus, Quentin,” says O’Dell. “You don’t know anything -“