Patrick is in Ithaca attending his second year at Cornell, and Marianne is coming on the bus to visit him. Patrick had to work in the lab, so he is running nearly a full hour late. Patrick arrives at the bus station, and he cannot find his sister. Patrick walks around the depot for almost an hour searching for her. He finally realizes that she was right in front of him the whole time. Marianne is asleep on a bench. Patrick did not recognize her, because she has cut her hair very short and has lost weight. Patrick thinks she looks like a prepubescent boy.
Marianne graduated the past spring from high school and is now living in Kilburn, attending Kilburn College. Unable to pay the fees for her books and.....
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