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ably in the past few years because of the economic distress
in the Youngstown area. But Eva's family and friends and
church had come through.

Though she had been a semioutcast because of her
marriage, she was still a fellow Hungarian. And, now that
she was down, she should have learned her lesson and be
properly contrite, as the old phrase went.

The Crimsons had not been able to buy the insurance to
cover property damage or loss from the collapse of under-
ground structures. Though they did have fire insurance,
they would not be paid if the fire had been caused by an act
of God. That had not yet been determined.

Eric Grimson could not afford a lawyer. But one of Eva's
cousins, an attorney, had volunteered to take the case. If he
won, he got ten percent of the payoff. If he lost, he got
nothing. Clearly, he was donating his time because of clan
unity and because he felt sorry for his cousin. That she was
married to a non-Magyar who was also a shiftless bum and
an atheist who had been a Protestant was bad enough. But
to lose her house and all her possessions and to have a son
who'd gone crazy . . . that was too much. Though a
lawyer, he had a big heart.

The money needed to keep Jim in therapy was provided
by the medical insurance, but the quarterly payments were
very high. Eva Grimson had taken on another job to pay for
them. The two times she had visited Jim, she had looked
very tired. Her weight had gone down swiftly, her cheeks
were hollowing, and her eyes were ringed with black.




PHILIP JOSE FARMER

RED ORC'S RAGE

Jim had felt so guilty that he offered to quit therapy. His
mother would not accept that. Her son had been given the
option of taking the therapy or being sentenced to jail. The
district attorney had wanted to treat him as an adult, which
would have meant a more severe sentence. She would do all
she could to prevent that. Besides, though she did not say
so, she could not hide her belief that Jim was genuinely
crazy and would remain so unless he was treated by a

psychiatrist.