Thomas In Elysium
January, 1970
A Horn Blew outside the garage and Tom climbed out from under the Ford on which he was working in the grease pit and, wiping his hands on a rag, went out to where the Oldsmobile was standing, next to one of the pumps."Fill 'er up," Mr. Herbert said. He was a steady customer, a real-estate man who had taken options on outlying properties near the garage at low, wartime prices, lying in wait for the post-War boom. Now that the Japanese had surrendered, his car passed the garage frequentl...
