Book 3, Chapter 3: Rose Keeps the Path

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​⁠Rose rehearsed twice a day for a solid week without forming the faintest conception of who "the girl" was or why she was "the girl up-stairs." She didn't know what sort of scene it was for instance that they burst in on through the space marked by two of the little folding chairs brought up from the floor of the dance-hall for the purpose. The group of iron tables borrowed from the bar and set sol