I grew up, and the dentist grew old and retired, and life went on. Decades later, I'm halfway through a book, and I read this:
(Couples by John Updike, reviewed here 21/10/20.)
They waited for the Novocain to take effect. ... Above her feet a large window curtained in dun sacking framed an abstract view; the slate roof of the Tarbox post office descended in courses of smaller to greater from a ridge of copper flashing set smack, it seemed, against the sky. The day was balmy for this late in November. ... a small blond radio played colourless music ... In mid-melody, the radio music stopped. ... ‘A special bulletin. Shots have been heard in Dallas in the vicinity of the Presidential motorcade.’ ...
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