Purcell, Miss Donnell will type up your resignation. It appears that you have both the age and length of service to qualify for retirement. Wouldn't e...rly retirement within the terms of our retirement plan be a more appropriate way for you to leave?" Cliff asked innocently.Purcell was beaten and knew it, so he just nodded. Cliff told him he could consider himself retired effective immediately.Purcell left to clean out his desk and Cliff called Ezra Stiles. "Mr. Stiles, Cliff Fitzpatrick.. Grandma entered back into the room carrying an old box, "I had put this away a long time ago... when your mother was young. I was afraid it would get her into trouble... I'm glad I kept it." She sat the box down on the floor and pulled a very long blonde wig from its bottom."What did my mom have that for?" I laughed, figuring I had something over my own mother for a change."She thought all the boys had a thing for long... long hair. I was afraid that she would wear it and end up in the family. They dragged him to the corner and onto the main road, passing the Dog &Pony where Mavis stood alongside her father and brothers, wringing herapron in her hands.Their eyes found one another but there was no further communication.There couldn't be. Even Mavis now knew that Burt was beyond her reach.He saw the village hall up ahead, converted for the day to the use of acourthouse. Every step closer he went was another nail in the coffin ofhis freedom. But why quibble? His freedom had been taken. Won't you please come with me?"Kelly took her hand and found she had a very strong grip. "Good morning, Mrs. Carlson. Thank you for seeing me..."Before she could even finish the sentence her knees gave out and she started to collapse in a dead faint. Kelly was a victim of exhaustion coupled with near-starvation. For the last two days she had been going on only nervous energy and sheer determination. Having achieved her goal of getting out to Los Angeles and meeting Mrs. Carlson, her very last.