ty years. This shows that he is resentful that people would take for granted the fact that they are so close to the beach. Soon after Sammy's rendition of the town and the people in it, the girls come to his check-out with a jar of "Kingfish Fancy Herring Snacks in Pure Sour Cream: 49cents." Sammy now wonders where the money to pay for the jar will be coming from since Queenie's "hands are empty, not a ring or a bracelet, bare as God made them." Queenie pays by lifting "a folded dollar bill out of the hollow at the center of her nubbled pink top," which causes the jar to go heavy in Sammy's hand, which Sammy thinks is cute.
             The fact that Sammy is dragging the ground with his chin is confirmation enough that
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