Hearing a sound, she looked up to see Dell, thin and red-headed, standing in the doorway staring at the shattered Wall.
Kathryn jumped up. "Mother broke it. She threw that big green ash tray and broke it all to pieces."
Dell looked questioningly at Amanda. "Honey, why'd you do that?"
"She's jealous of Bass!"
"Now isn't Bass pretty young for you, honey?" He stooped to remove the ash tray from inside the shattered Wall. "Now, how can I watch Alice this evening? She promised me a special dance in that red dress she was showing me last night."
"Showing you?" She sprang up. "She showed it to every man in the country, Dell."
He frowned. "Well, I'll call Replacements. They'll have a new Wall in before Alice comes."
"And I'll smash it too. I'll smash every replacement you can buy!"
"Now, Amanda." He regarded her mildly. "You're not jealous of Alice! Honey, if you'd watch Lester, you wouldn't care about Alice and me."
She took the intact ash tray from him. "I'm not jealous of Alice, and I haven't been for twenty years. But Dell, do you realize Kathryn was the last child born in this city?"