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A small red light winkilg in the corner <>f the rearview
mirror. ( ，hal)iu ttol)e，s e)es hm ering to the speedometer.
l hct~ the sift， n， frail in the distance. Seventy-five--damn it，
Ihzll was pushing it. Slill， he kept his fool off the brake pedal，
lolling the Merccdes slow of its own accord as the mirrored
lm l)OmI bc(，mie a 1)ea(r+m am! finally a black-and-white pa-
trd car.
The siren (lid n<，l let uI) and Chapin wondered whether he
sh lict+，~rc. ~Tlly Slam II<)W? The senator from Stony Harbor
x~)lc， s \"No\"--the \"Noes\" have it. Vindication was prompt as
Ihc l)()li(.(， car wcm mute， struck dumb by the small brass em-
l)It，tll ait:Idled to the rear Imniper of State Senator Chapin
Kirk th)l)C S car. As lit: l)ulled by， the trooper waved. It *+ as a
tvicmllv wave， ahnost sheepish， but Chapin didn t return it.
\"l hc soil first placc. N<~t on l+ong Island. His country.
(;c~gr， il)hicall.v， Brooklyn and Queens were part of Long
IslaNd， lint lhal was geogral)hy not reality. (;hal)in Hope s
l+ong Island， the veal l+(mg Island， began where New York
(:it+ cnpethat ran
Ill) miles I>v l，ong Island Sound and on the south by the Atlantic
(Jt( all， l.~mg Island extended into the sea like the twin-
t<)lkcd lail of :l great whale， ()rient Point on the north tip
aud ，~|onlauk P~lilit Oil the Soulh.
The senator was lraveling from east to west， coining frolil
a c~mscrxaliheading for a bar llear the New York (]it)， line. It was half
pOIIC <)[ Ihosc dismal， dank days that cast a gray mist over the
siuall-il <~lk ~v;is inert cclet)rated， was fainous for its rockbound
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