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Chapter 3

           "HowwasMountEverest?"

           "WecouldverywellhavedoneMountEveresttherateweweredoing.Wethoughtofit.Howgoesitall?HowismyKaethe,howisyourNicole?"

           "Allgoessmoothdomestically.ButmyGod,Franz,wehadarottenscenethismorning."

           "How?Whatwasit?"

           DickwalkedaroundtheroomwhileFranzgotintouchwithhisvillabytelephone.Afterthefamilyexchangewasover,Dicksaid:"TheMorrisboywastakenawaytherewasarow."

           Franz’sbuoyantfacefell.

           "Iknewhe’dleft.ImetLadislauontheveranda."

           "WhatdidLadislausay?"

           "JustthatyoungMorrishadgonethatyou’dtellmeaboutit.Whataboutit?"

           "Theusualincoherentreasons."

           "Hewasadevil,thatboy."

           "Hewasacaseforanesthesia,"Dickagreed."Anyhow,thefatherhadbeatenLadislauintoacolonialsubjectbythetimeIcamealong.WhataboutLadislau?Dowekeephim?Isaynohe’snotmuchofaman,hecan’tseemtocopewithanything."Dickhesitatedonthevergeofthetruth,swungawaytogivehimselfspacewithinwhichtorecapitulate.Franzperchedontheedgeofadesk,stillinhislinendusterandtravellinggloves.Dicksaid:

           "Oneoftheremarkstheboymadetohisfatherwasthatyourdistinguishedcollaboratorwasadrunkard.Themanisafanatic,andthedescendantseemstohavecaughttracesofvin-du-paysonme."

           Franzsatdown,musingonhislowerlip."Youcantellmeatlength,"hesaidfinally.

           "Whynotnow?"Dicksuggested."YoumustknowI’mthelastmantoabuseliquor."

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