Until then, the notion that anything had a designated, much less a special purpose would have been cuckoo to me. n a part-time job-for the whole school year-was worth more than another summer working for Meany Granite. He caught a few kids voting twice, he sent runners to bother kids in the dorm who had not yet voted. It wasn't necessary for me to suspend my belief or disbelief in Owen Meany until after his first rehearsal; I already knew what a presence he could summon-especially in regard to the future.
Why? I asked him. Then I thought I might as well go inside and see if my grandmother had come home, or if Dan had persuaded her to kick up her heels-such as she was willing-at the cast party. I spent a few pleasant evenings with Dan and Grandmother. Now that I remember it, I know it was.
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