The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories

Ben Marcus

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Chapter 6

  • She keeps her hand in the purse. "Duty," she says. "It's an issue of duty." Her voice tremors; inside, he can see, she is raging. "I told him not to hire you. I told him what good is it hiring someone who runs from his country at the first sign of trouble? He won't know duty, responsibility. He won't be able to understand it. And now look."