http://plaintext.bookcrossing.com/journal/4710076

The Back of the Book

'I wanted to ask you ... to ask you not to let Mother ...' his voice  
dropped to a solemn, quavering whisper, '... not to let Mother wash Teddy.'

Lester survived the entire and grotesque unexpectedness of this with no  
more sign of his amazement than a flicker of his eyelids ... 'Was Mother  
going to wash Teddy?'

At this it all came out in a storm, the visit to the lady, the horrible,  
misshapen, shrunken Teddy there, Mother's stealing Teddy away at night,  
the devouring dread in Stephen's mind, a dread so great that it now  
overcame even his fierce pride and his anger, as he sobbeed out at the  
last, 'Don't let him be washed, Father!  Don't let him!' ...

Lester was so horrified that for a moment he could not speak.  He was  
horrified to see Stephen reduced so low.  He was more horrified at the  
position in which he found himself, absolute arbiter over another human  
being, a being who had no recourse, no appeal from his decisions ...

* * *

If interested please PM laura0141 stating location, shipping preference  
and the name of the book (I run a lot of rings).  If no preference is  
given I will assume you can ship internationally by surface/economy mail.

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