1 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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