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Edgar agreed to our relationship without any provocation. For a few hectic days, I spent eight or more hours a day on the phone, talking to Ellen back in Little Rock and to Broyles and Holtz in Miami. I had turned down the chewing tobacco, but I took the reins and mounted the horse. She had purposely committed the infraction so the jury would see her being slapped down by the judge.

There's nothing else to do but wait. President Nixon’s policy of détente was having noticeable results. I carried Madison County by 501 votes. The judge had to put on a pair of reading glasses and then took his time studying the papers.