As Elijah sipped on some orange juice, he recalled earlier feeling like an explorer who’d just returned back to civilization after weeks in the wilderness. But suddenly civilization seemed less civilized as the beautiful couple, who finally found in the trespassers a transgression upon which they could collectively align their disgust, got up and left. Others did the same. Apparently, there was unfinished business outside of Mississippi as well. Although here, offense was triggered by a completely different set of unacceptable affronts. Pg. 161
Gerred Lee 