Amanda sets into what must be an excruciatingly familiar account of the time she entertained 17 gentlemen callers one Sunday afternoon in Blue Mountain. ... Laura offers to clear the table but Amanda tells her to go study her typewriter chart or practice her shorthand. ... She attributes his attitude of late to the fact that his doing something shameful (and not going to the movies, as he claims) when he goes out every night. ... Yet he goes to work each day and brings home the pay. ... His mother demands to know where he's going. ...

• Word Count: 5517
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School