Triple Feature

Innocent decision: to enjoy. And the pathos of hopefulness, of his solicitude: --he in mended serape, she having plaited carefully magenta ribbons into her hair, the baby a round half-hidden shape slung in her rebozo, and the young son steadfastly gripping a fold of her skirt, pale and severe under a handed-down sombrero -- all regarding the stills with full attention, preparing to pay ad go in-- to worlds of shadow-violence, half- familiar, warm with popcorn, icy with strange motives, barbarous splendors!