They finish up vegetating in cramped apartments, doing little but watching television and developing anxiety attacks over whether they are becoming a nuisance to their children.

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He examined the screen door at the top, then, after knocking politely a few times without receiving a response, he finally redirected his eyes and discovered the man of the house vegetating placidly in his hammock, surrounded by large potted flowers and planters of ferns, in the corner of the grape arbor.

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