Fred walks up to a shack next to the railroad tracks that’s underneath a highway overpass.<\/p>\n
Hortense is hanging wash on the enclosed porch. She spots Derry.<\/p>\n
“Freddy!” she yells, and hugs Derry.<\/p>\n
“Hello, Hortense!” says Derry.<\/p>\n
“Well, say!” says Hortense. She turns and runs into the house. “Pat! Pat, it’s Freddy! He’s home again!” Hortense deftly lifts a bottle of liquor out of Pat Derry’s hands.<\/p>\n
“Hello, Pop!” says Derry. Pat shakes Fred’s hand.<\/p>\n
“Gee, I wish we had known you were coming,” says Hortense. “We would have had the place kinda cleaned up.”<\/p>\n
She turns to Pat. “Well?” asks Hortense. “Haven’t you got anything to say to your own son?”<\/p>\n
Pat looks at Fred, and whispers, “Glad to see you, my boy!”<\/p>\n
“Look at him, Pat!” says Hortense, “Look – look at your hero son, and look at all those beautiful ribbons on his chest!” She turns to Fred. “Go on, Freddy – – tell your father how – – how you got those ribbons, and what they mean!”<\/p>\n
Fred looks around. “Where’s Marie?” asks Fred.<\/p>\n
“Marie?” asks Hortense.<\/p>\n
“Yeah,” says Fred. “She out?”<\/p>\n
“Well, Marie isn’t here, Freddy,” says Hortense.<\/p>\n
“She’ll be back soon?” asks Fred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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