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Chapter 19

           Theinnumerablesnubsofthepastwereforgotten.Indeed,hissuccesswasfoundedpsychologicallyuponhisduelwithTommyBarban,uponthebasisofwhich,asitwitheredinhismemory,hehadcreated,afresh,anewself-respect.

           SpottingDickDivertheseconddayout,heeyedhimtentatively,thenintroducedhimselfinafriendlywayandsatdown.Dicklaidasidehisreadingand,afterthefewminutesthatittooktorealizethechangeinMcKisco,thedisappearanceoftheman’sannoyingsenseofinferiority,foundhimselfpleasedtotalktohim.McKiscowas"well-informed"onarangeofsubjectswiderthanGoethe’sitwasinterestingtolistentotheinnumerablefacilecombinationsthathereferredtoashisopinions.Theystruckupanacquaintance,andDickhadseveralmealswiththem.TheMcKiscoshadbeeninvitedtositatthecaptain’stablebutwithnascentsnobberytheytoldDickthatthey"couldn’tstandthatbunch."

           Violetwasverygrandnow,deckedoutbythegrandcouturières,charmedaboutthelittlediscoveriesthatwell-bredgirlsmakeintheirteens.Shecould,indeed,havelearnedthemfromhermotherinBoisebuthersoulwasborndismallyinthesmallmoviehousesofIdaho,andshehadhadnotimeforhermother.Nowshe"belonged"togetherwithseveralmillionotherpeopleandshewashappy,thoughherhusbandstillshushedherwhenshegrewviolentlynaïve.

           TheMcKiscosgotoffatGibraltar.

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