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Chapter 47

           Whatifitshouldprovenowthatthisguidehadseenandrememberedhim!WouldhenotatleastrecallthehandsomeFinchleycarBertineandStuartonthefrontseathimselfandSondraatthebackGrantandthatHarleyBaggotttalkingtohimoutside?

           Atoncethatcoldperspirationthathadmarkedhismorenervousandterrifiedmoodsforweekspast,nowburstforthonhisfaceandhands.Ofwhathadhebeenthinking,anyhow?Howplanning?InGod’sname,howexpecttocarryathinglikethisthrough,ifheweregoingtothinksopoorly?ItwaslikehisfailingtowearhiscapfromLycurgustoUtica,oratleastgettingitoutofhisbagbeforehetriedtobuythatstrawhat;itwaslikenotbuyingthestrawhatbeforehewenttoUticaatall.

           Yettheguidedidnotrememberhim,thankGod!Onthecontraryheinquiredrathercuriously,andasofatotalstranger:"Goin’overtothelodgeatBigBittern?Firsttimeuphere?"AndClyde,enormouslyrelievedandyetreallytremulous,replied:"Yes,"andtheninhisnervousexcitementasked:"Manypeopleoverthereto-day?"aquestionwhichthemomenthehadpropoundedit,seemedalmostinsane.Why,why,ofallquestions,shouldheaskthat?Oh,God,wouldhissilly,self-destructivemistakesnevercease?

           Sotroubledwasheindeed,now,thathescarcelyheardtheguide’sreply,or,ifatall,asavoicespeakingfromalongwayoff."Notsomany.Aboutsevenoreight,Iguess.WedidhaveaboutthirtyovertheFourth,butmosto’themwentdownyesterday.

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