59 The roller rink whirrs with their passes

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The roller rink whirrs with their pass-

es.  They skirr like gadgets in a galler-

y, their girlish flirtations fatuous and brass-

y, bulls-eyes for some smoking gunner.

Everywhere arms are cocked.  The or-

gan booms tunefully.  Reeling, they giggle or

grope at their skirts.  The banging boys

trophy them away like kewpies.