Tommy, also known as "lover boy" in the village of Haneyville, ELEV. 2.850, enjoyed many a guilt-free pleasure during this particular evening, a warm summer night. He wasn't immoral by any means -- perhaps merely amoral -- yet Mrs. Manlove showed herself outrightly maniacal and began sliding downward into a frothing tirade when a few locals, well-meaning but only slightly skeptical of Tommy's motivation towards Mary Lou Manlove, declared that boys will be boys and the young miss would surely be all right in the young man's company.
Nonetheless, seeing no good whatsoever in Tommy, Mrs. Manlove was irrevocably and steadfastly cynical that there could reside any decent bone in the wiry frame of the boy who fell to earth . . .
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