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By Jack Joseph Smith

; 65 Jeugetine te. resting by the windew at the front ef the-tavern where the bar curved' te the wall, Mediteting, Somber: eis Orre atm ean 1 The ‘bartender was-a black haired black eyed Ar , ueniay with a encer oufffiting that all but he , fe wan avdeliberate ueuber ef one pack of crazies er another, But Jaugeline was of a different pedy of mind to Hin, SHe wae a ame, the gene still, for she was a wild weed, and firmly Poole ish “an, there's no way getting around’ it, every , charactor im this place is nuts exespt me Ts . ° know what's -happening is a-feat im L.4,* ®Binckie, your just another fliped. euti Ammon= iam" was her replys ®an, your sweet Jaugeline, Rich toa I thear . throught the nut vines® ST 'get alang,® “Tose bucks make soul feod off the street im a LeAo® ‘Listen baby; don't make a mistake; anything I get, I wiggle it out; and it’ ain't fer love ; om any level. of natural impulses * "Coue-on Jaugelines yeu love the mednesss yeu!! re-hav'er agood tines" .

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Inside the tavern, Jaugeline is read by the room as both allure and threat, while the banter around her makes plain how desire and madness are part of the same local vocabulary.

The bartender's voice is coarse and performative, but it helps define Jaugeline through resistance rather than passivity. She is not simply being observed; she is meeting the atmosphere of the place with her own style of contempt and wit.

Claude

Inside the tavern Jaugeline is read by the room as both allure and threat, with banter around her drawing attention toward looming violence. The page is the first full tavern scene to feature her.