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Chapter 24

           "IfIgotoahotelandgetallsteamedandcurry-combed,andsleepawhile,andfightofftheseSenegalesecouldIcomeandspendtheeveningbythefireside?"

           Dicknoddedathim,lessinagreementthaninmockeryandsaid:"Youhaveahighopinionofyourcurrentcapacities."

           "IbetifNicolewashereshe’dletmecomeback."

           "Allright."Dickwenttoatrunktrayandbroughtaboxtothecentraltable;insidewereinnumerablecardboardletters.

           "Youcancomeifyouwanttoplayanagrams."

           Abeeyedthecontentsoftheboxwithphysicalrevulsion,asthoughhehadbeenaskedtoeatthemlikeoats.

           "Whatareanagrams?Haven’tIhadenoughstrange"

           "It’saquietgame.Youspellwordswiththemanywordexceptalcohol."

           "Ibetyoucanspellalcohol,"Abeplungedhishandamongthecounters."CanIcomebackifIcanspellalcohol?"

           "Youcancomebackifyouwanttoplayanagrams."

           Abeshookhisheadresignedly.

           "Ifyou’reinthatframeofmindthere’snouseI’djustbeintheway."HewavedhisfingerreproachfullyatDick."ButrememberwhatGeorgethethirdsaid,thatifGrantwasdrunkhewishedhewouldbitetheothergenerals."

           WithalastdesperateglanceatRosemaryfromthegoldencornersofhiseyes,hewentout.TohisreliefPetersonwasnolongerinthecorridor.FeelinglostandhomelesshewentbacktoaskPaulthenameofthatboat.

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