An Army officer was standing with them-he would have been the major Owen said he'd done business with before, the ROTC professor from Arizona State University. And one cold, late-fall day-it was November or even early December, Johnson had defeated Goldwater for the presidency; Khru What do you mean, Owen? I asked him; he shrugged- sometimes I think that Owen Meany invented shrugging. a ceaseless interior decorator of his own well-appointed house and a manicure artist when the subject was his lawn.
In the evenings, at Hampton Beach, Owen looked tired to me; I reported to the Admissions Office for my first guided tour at ten, but Owen was stepping into the grout bucket by seven every morning. I had already counted them; I had over forty wrapped presents-and, God knows, there was usually something hidden in the basement or in the garage that was too big to wrap. I'VE NEVER BEEN THERE, YOU KNOW, he said. You didn't! I said.
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