Mr. Watson owns Mattie's Ramble Inn, a combination bar and grocery. Jones sits on a stool, complaining. Watson advises Jones to behave and be nice, which sounds like Lara's line. Jones is sure Lara has a high connection on the police force and is up to something crooked. He is watching for an opportunity to escape modern slavery and become somebody and owning things. Jones wishes his washwoman mother could have sent him to college like Watson did his schoolteacher son, but he spent his time on the streets, rolling tires around. Watson advises Jones to try sabotage. Another patron says coworkers at Levy Pants are planning a big sabotage tomorrow, led by some big, smart, and religious white man. When the stranger mentions a green hat, Jones says the police are looking.....
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