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[e_delmar]

Ennis ain't never been one for crowds. And even with such a small town small school small town everything, there're more'n enough people gathered for the graduation at the county high school to make him nervous. He can see over most of the heads; see over enough of 'em to make out that hair and that lanky body, so much like his, even covered by the cap and gown cost forty dollars and she'll never use again. See over the crowd to watch her get that slip of paper and over the crowd to see her run to hug her momma and her sister and Monroe. And the crowd's still mulling around giving hugs and roses and congratulations and if he leaves now, maybe John or Bob or whoever won't get pissed and dock his pay for coming back late. But he doesn't move, not yet, and when he looks across the crowd, all he sees is the smile.