In blue velvet party dress, white hose, and Mary Janes, her red hair well brushed, and almost tamed, Audrey is paraded into Momma's room by Master Jack, wearing his dark suit, as a handler might lead a prize poodle at the Westminster Dog Show. Audrey is doing her best Shirley Temple imitation. She bows to Momma and curtsies to Master Jack. She recites with a simpering smile, "I was a bad little girl, and I was lost, until Master Jack was hired as my Moral Mentor. He was sent by God, as Athena sent Mentor to save Telemachus! And now I am a good little girl and always will be, Momma." Then she bowed and curtsied, and bounded from the room, a Well Prepared Hare. Jack smiled his crocodile smile. Momma rolled her eyes. "Someone is tutoring that kid," she thinks, "and it is certainly not Master Jack." But the servants say Tutor has not left his cell. "Ah, me," Momma thinks, "that crazy priest is such a pain, but who else could get Audrey into Mary Janes? They must be communicating by telepathy."
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