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deration。〃

〃Not always。〃 His voice carried a warning now; but she sat straighter

and barreled on。

〃Then you acknowledge that profit is your raison d'etre?〃

To her chagrin; Ross laughed。 〃I would never be where I am today if I

didn't have an eye out for profit!〃

She felt oddly betrayed。 〃That's really pathetic;〃 she said; recalling

the tall; handsomely bearded man in jeans; boots; and a simple peasant

shirt。 〃I'd have thought that; with what you stood for at one time; you

might have minimized crass capitalism。 You have sold out; which just

goes to show how terribly wrong one person can be in the judging of

another; or how necive。〃

Ross had risen。 His eyes were too dark to distinguish anger from hurt。

〃You don't know what you're talking about。 You didn't know me then; and

you certainly don't know me now。 When I returned from Africa that last

time with my grungy denims; my dashiki; and my beard〃…his eyes

narrowed…〃it took me all of a week to shuck them。 And do you know why?〃

He went on only when she shook her head。 〃Because I saw that there was

more narrow…mindedness; more prejudice; ing from the mouths of the

hippie generation than anywhere else。 Because of my appearance; I was

assumed to be one of them; until they discovered that I didn't always

think the way they did; that I had a mind of my own。 The true sign of a

liberal; 

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