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In Foxfire, whom does Legs deem "class enemies," and on what page of which chapter?

Your answer will depend upon which edition you have. What I have is the 1993 edition, so the term "class enemies" is on page 263 of Part Five, Chapter Three (which is titled "Windward").


After being released from Red Bank (the correctional facility for girls), Legs crafts a plan to abduct Mr. Whitney Kellogg (a multi-millionaire businessman) for ransom. She befriends Marianne Kellogg, Mr. Whitney's daughter, who invites her to the Kellogg family's Greek Revival mansion several times. Marianne is a participant in the Big Sister-Little Sister program of the United Churches of Hammond Auxiliaries; she first meets Legs at the Red Bank correctional facility during a visit. In Part Five, Chapter Two, Legs admits that she is only nice to Marianne because she hopes to profit from the acquaintance. Ruthlessly, she characterizes Marianne as a flightless bird and herself as a "bird-eating mammal" who is ready for the kill.


Meanwhile, the "Windward" chapter (Part Five, Chapter Three) describes Legs' first and second visits to the Kellogg mansion. During her first visit, she meets and engages in polite conversation with both Marianne and her mother, Mrs. Kellogg. Legs refers to them as "class enemies." To Legs, both Marianne and her mother represent a privileged class of women who have seemingly never suffered any deprivation in their pampered lives. Yet, even as she envies their lives of ease, Legs also rejects their condescension.


Despite her contempt for Marianne and her mother, Legs knows that she must act the part of the "reformed" girl. She does this admirably, pausing often to acknowledge and to praise the famous Kellogg charity. Privately, however, Legs deems the women "class enemies," who are "unknowing" and "unguessing" of her true thoughts regarding them. Again, in my edition, the "class enemies" reference is on page 263 of Part Five, Chapter Three.

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