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           Hecouldnotrememberfeelingsokicked-dogwearysincehisfirstdayonChicago’srubbish-disposalcrewonehigh-schoolsummersixteenorseventeenyearsago.

           Theycamebackthesamewaytheyhadgone,buthecouldrememberverylittleaboutthetrip.Hestumbledonthedeadfall,herememberedthatlurchingforwardandthinkingabsurdlyofPeterPanoh,Jesus,IlostmyhappythoughtsanddownIcomeandthenJud’shandhadbeenthere,firmandhard,andafewmomentslatertheyhadbeentrudgingpastthefinalrestingplacesofSmuckytheCatandTrixieandMartaOurPetRabitandontothepathhehadoncewalkednotonlywithJudbutwithhiswholefamily.

           ItseemedthatinsomewearywayhehadponderedthedreamofVictorPascow,theonewhichhadresultedinhissomnambulisticepisode,butanyconnectionbetweenthatnightwalkandthishadeludedhim.IthadalsooccurredtohimthatthewholeadventurehadbeendangerousnotinanymelodramaticWilkieCollinssensebutinaveryrealone.Thathehadoutrageouslyblisteredhishandswhileinastatethatwasnearlysomnambulisticwasreallytheleastofit.Hecouldhavekilledhimselfonthedeadfall.Bothofthemcouldhave.Itwashardtosquaresuchbehaviorwithsobriety.Inhiscurrentexhaustion,hewaswillingtoascribeittoconfusionandemotionalupsetoverthedeathofapetthewholefamilyhadloved.

           Andafteratime,theretheywere,homeagain.

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