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           "Asamatteroffact,"headded,"you’dbetternotgoonwiththisbusinessmuchlonger.Youbetterpullupshort.Youbetter—youbetter"—hepausedandhisfacecrimsonedashesoughtforwords—"youbetterturnrightaroundandstartbacktheotherway.Thishasgonetoofartobeajoke.Itisn’tfunnyanylonger.You—youbehaveyourself!"

           Benjaminlookedathim,onthevergeoftears.

           "Andanotherthing,"continuedRoscoe,"whenvisitorsareinthehouseIwantyoutocallme‘Uncle’—not‘Roscoe,’but‘Uncle,’doyouunderstand?Itlooksabsurdforaboyoffifteentocallmebymyfirstname.Perhapsyou’dbettercallme‘Uncle’allthetime,soyou’llgetusedtoit."

           Withaharshlookathisfather,Roscoeturnedaway....