Revelation

PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE 2004 051 RevelationFrom, Everything That Rises Must ConvergeBy Flannery O ConnorThe Doctor s waiting room, which was very small, was almost full whenthe Turpins entered and Mrs. Turpin, who was very large, made it lookeven smaller by her presence. She stood looming at the head of themagazine table set in the center of it, a living demonstration that theroom was inadequate and ridiculous. Her little bright black eyes tookin all the patients as she sized up the seating situation. There was onevacant chair and a place on the sofa occupied by a blond child in adirty blue romper who should have been told to move over and makeroom for the lady. He was five or six, but Mrs. Turpin saw at once thatno one was going to tell him to move over.

Without appearing to, Mrs. Turpin always noticed people's feet. The well-dressed lady had on red and grey suede shoes to match her dress. Mrs. Turpin had on her good black patent -leather pumps. The ugly girl had on Girl Scout shoes and heavy socks. The old woman had on tennis shoes and the white-trashy mother had on what appeared to be

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