I put on a long blue denim skirt and a black top. Imanaged to cram my feet into a pair of toeless sandals. Chloe helped mewith my make-up.'You will ne...d to become proficient at making up. I won't be there tohelp all the time.''Oh dear. You make me all apprehensive.''Why don't we get you a makeover at one of the big stores in town?'The visit to town was a totally mind-blowing experience. Chloe insistedon calling me Anna because, as she pointed out, a male name would not beat all appropriate. The. "Things back then weren't like things today. Congress could keep secrets. That bunch of blabbermouths we voted into office couldn't keep their mouths shut with zippers."Mina switched into professor mode. "The RFC was a mostly behind the scenes government agency started in 1931 to loan government money to try and pull us out of the depression. They supported banks, manufacturing, home loan agencies to the tune of six billion dollars, by 1934."That's One trillion, Six hundred eighty four billion,. All things considered, I was reasonably sure Jeannette was simply trying to cause trouble.Marcia came out and we walked back into the gym. I didn’t say anything about Jeannette and I decided to simply let it drop unless Jeannette said something else. If she did, then I’d have to speak to Mrs. Ingles. We didn’t go back to the stands, but went to the staging area to wait for Marcia to be called. Ten minutes later it was her turn, and once she walked onto the mat, I moved to my assigned place at. “horse-faced” (or some other barnyard animal), or any number of crude, cruel literary devices. But Jenny’s face is ... well ... it’s a wreck. Twisted, pock-marked, scarred, colored bright orange-red in some places, bluish-purple in others. Her right eye is obviously artificial ... a glass eye, which stares fixedly straight ahead. But because the other, normal eye is still bright, alive, intelligent (and a deep sea-green in color), the bad one often makes her appear cross-eyed. Her face is ....