... Lengel does not make his physical appearance until near the story's end, his arrival has in a way been foreshadowed by a number of other characters who preceded him. For example, Updike notes that as soon as the three girls appear in the A & P, the "sheep" -- Sammy's word for the run-of-the-mill customers who plod through the store, pushing their shopping carts ... nicknames that Sammy assigns to them. Nowhere is this more evident than in Sammy's description of the leader, "Queenie (para 5)." The nickname assigned to her by Sammy points out the quick judgment that Sammy makes about her ...

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