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it was a typical midsummer day in Virginia, the kind of day when everyone hopes for an honest-to-goodness dowpour.
Arthur was hedging, but ready to agree. Together, Peggy and Arthur shared their thoughts with Emmett White, load antique entrepreneur and auctioneer and—according to Peggy— the reason the Smiths were able to open in the first place.
Emmett paused, removed his hat, wiped sweat from his brow, and agreed to dose in August and reopen in September. After all, wouldn’t the cool weather and hot apple dde turn the public out?
The decision had been made, temporarily. Peggy, Arthur and Emmett had been to Luray that day, and had headed home in separate cars. All three sat out the 15-or-so mile ride home just thinking. All reached the same conclusion—it’s hot everywhere in August.
“It would have been « saster,” Peggy said, retSStf? ing the difficult times* and
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