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Chapter 21

           "HowdoyoulikeParis,Buddy?"

           NotwaitingforananswerthemantriedtofitinhisfootstepswithDick’s:"Whereyoufrom?"heaskedencouragingly.

           "FromBuffalo."

           "I’mfromSanAntonebutIbeenoverheresincethewar."

           "Youinthearmy?"

           "I’LLsayIwas.Eighty-fourthDivisioneverheardofthatoutfit?"

           Themanwalkedalittleaheadofhimandfixedhimwitheyesthatwerepracticallymenacing.

           "StayinginParisawhile,Buddy?Orjustpassingthrough."

           "Passingthrough."

           "Whathotelyoustayingat?"

           Dickhadbegunlaughingtohimselfthepartyhadtheintentionofriflinghisroomthatnight.Histhoughtswerereadapparentlywithoutself-consciousness.

           "Withabuildlikeyoursyououghtn’ttobeafraidofme,Buddy.There’salotofbumsaroundjustlayingforAmericantourists,butyouneedn’tbeafraidofme."

           Becomingbored,Dickstoppedwalking:"Ijustwonderwhyyou’vegotsomuchtimetowaste."

           "I’minbusinesshereinParis."

           "Inwhatline?"

           "Sellingpapers."

           Thecontrastbetweentheformidablemannerandthemildprofessionwasabsurdbutthemanamendeditwith:

           "Don’tworry;ImadeplentymoneylastyeartenortwentyfrancsforaSunnyTimesthatcostsix."

           HeproducedanewspaperclippingfromarustywalletandpasseditovertoonewhohadbecomeafellowstrollerthecartoonshowedastreamofAmericanspouringfromthegangplankofalinerfreightedwithgold.

           "Twohundredthousandspendingtenmillionasummer."

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