" Gordon suddenly brightened up, already diggingin his pocket for the money.As he handed the wad of badly crumpled ones to the Old Man, he finallythou...ht to ask, "What does it do?" Gordon looked thoughtfully at thebracelet as if trying to figure it out. "You said it was magic."The Old Man sighed, and then explained. "You put it on and wear it likeany other bracelet." Gordon nodded, wondering suddenly if he'd justwasted all of his money. "Then," the Old Man said, smiling faintly, "youcan push. . uh huh."Holy Shit!" exclaimed the new secretary.There was a second long drawn out silence. In reality, a long pause is four or five seconds ... honest. Five seconds seems to take forever.This pause creeped. It lasted a good minute while everybody considered the implications of what Grandmother Austin said. There are a lot ... the consequences of that being even a remote possibility. Yeah ... what the new secretary said.The speculation began.Oh, man ... it's not just the Derby...Grace thought,. "You've bin waitin' some time to see all this, haven't you Purvis?" Yes, ma'am, and it sure was worth the wait."Wanda was walkin' around the bedroom, showin' off her body to me while I sat on the bed. What she was doin' was causin' me to worry just how long I'd be lastin' when it come time to perform. Just watchin' her move that butt of hers as she walked by was enough to give a dead man a stiffie, and I sure as hell weren't dead."You're not in any rush, are you Purvis?" No, ma'am. No rush at. His grandfather couldn't have faced such a challenge; his wife had stayed home from the first and taken to good works when the children grew up. Admittedly no one could really say that what she had done was worthwhile, altogether too much propping up the feckless, but it had kept her among other women who understood their role in society. Grandfather would have had no problem smashing Stickner though had the lecher found a way to try anything.Even his own father, softened and accepting as he.