Davenport, there are plenty of us, in this class, in this generation, who will go out into the world and try to make it better for our children and th...irs! We won’t get everything right, but we know that a better society and civilization, a more just and humane one, is worth the fight and we will never simply give in to the way that things are done today.”There was a standing ovation for that address, just as there was for Ricky Azov’s salutatorian speech (he had taken Renee’s surname as a mark. We both said goodnight, I turned out the lights (which when done in a basement becomes very dark, very quickly), and slowly walked over to my bed. It was not more than 15 minutes later that I could tell she was asleep. I called out her name a few times in increasingly louder tones until I knew she was sound asleep. This is where the fun would begin. I slowly got up off of my bed and made my way over to her. I could not see very much, so I turned on a side lamp used for camping over by my bed.. It fell to Julia again to warn me. I was sitting at the bar talking to another cousin of mine when Julia came up to join us. I'm not sure if it was pre-planned, or if Julia made some gesture to my cousin that I didn't see, but he vanished almost the moment Julia climbed on the stool beside me."I thought I'd better give you some advanced warning!" Julia said after ordering herself a drink. "Lynn's coming later with her fella." Then she turned to look at me. I got the feeling she was watching for. The picture just hung there. I had decided that some day I was going to toss it. I just hadn't got around to it yet at that time."You are good enough to hold a showing. You know that?" he asked me.I laughed, "Nobody around here would pay enough for a picture for me to even think of anything like that." Anyway, you are already a pro. I know quality when I see it." Just then we heard the warning buzzer and hurried back across the street."Just hold it there, fellas." a voice greeted us as we came.