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The trekboer Van Doorns were not alone in producing children who were illiterate; one traveler estimated that seventy-five percent of the colony's children were unable to read. You may back out quietly, without formality-and send Mike in. Don't bring mine into it. Jubal was called out of his sour daydream by Miriam.

I keep forgetting that you always take things literally. Miss Simpson clutched at her mouth. That's right, Jubal agreed. He had greeted them with Thou art God and gone on, apparentlY as used to buff as Patricia was.