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TheSunAlsoRises 11343498
TheSunAlsoRises 11343498
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ER N E S T HE M IN G AY , who h as been a foreign con e
in his tim e , is, in spite of his compar ati v e
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o f scenes seen by
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n ai v e or so direct in their desires and emoti ons as to
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It is not necessary to read the quotations f r om
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G e r tru de Stein and Ecclesiastes with which The Sun
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Also Ri ses begins in order to gu ess early at the unify
lng principle of the boo k It 15 stated crudely a lost
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heroine of F arewell to Arms minus its ex piat r y
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death in th e h ospital in A Farewell to Arms
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took two broken and disillusioned d r ifters and lifted
them into imaginative worth That feat proved that .
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The Sun Also Rises was not a stunt su cceeding by
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fiesta; A Farewell to Arms sh owed that if Hem in gw
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You ar e all a los t gene r a t ion .
One g e e a tio
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t h e a t h a bid et h fo e e
e r Th sun r v r . e
wh e e h a ose r Th wind g e th t
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whi le th a b u t
r n tinua lly and th wi d e tu eth
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fr om wh n e th i e m e th i the th y e t u n a gai
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R OB E R T CO R N was once middleweight bonhn g cham
D o not thin! ; that I am v er y m u ch
meant a lo t to
nothing for boxing in fact he di sliked
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nov el and it was n et really such a bad no v el
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had dined at l Av en u e s and afterward went to the Café
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end trip He wanted to get ou t of town and get in a
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hardening .
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Hell I said why go to Strasbourg ? We could go
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up to B ruges o r to the Ardennes ,
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a paper and would walk to the corner with me For .
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God s sake he said why did you say that about that
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gir l in Strasbourg for ? Didn t you see Fran ces ? ’
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N o wh y sho uld I ? If I know an M e xi can girl that
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lives in Strasbou rg what the hell is it t o Frances ?
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It doesn t make any difi er en ce Any girl I couldn t
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You do n ; know Frances Any girl at all Didn t
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CHAPTER II
THA T winter Robert Cohn went over to America with
his novel and it was accepted by a fairly good publisher
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themselves ou t to be nice to
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wife For three .
som e ra ther steep bridge games with his New York con
n ection s he had held cards and won several hundred
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loft 1 did not realize th e extent to which it had se t him
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Hello Robert I said
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Would you like to go to South Am en ca Jake ? he ,
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I don t know I never wanted to go Too expensive
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They look awft real to me .
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N0 that do esn t interest me .
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I want to go to South America .
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Come on down stairs and h ave a drink
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Aren t you working ?
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on the ground floor I had discov ered that was the best 1
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had to say was : Well I ve go t to get back and get c d
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som e cables and it was
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done It is very important to
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went down stairs to the bar and had a whiskey and soda
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the wall .
you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by
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and you re n o t taking advantage of it ? D o you realize
you ve lived nearly half the time you have to live al
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Yes every once in a while
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we ll be dead ?
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What the hell Robert 1 said What the ,
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sick of P aris; and I m sick of the Quarter .
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Nothing happens to me I walked . all one
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Wasn t the town nice at night ?
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I don t car e for Paris .
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Well I said I ve got to go up stairs and get o ff
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some cables .
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Do you really have to go ?
Yes I v e got to get these cabl es off
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do it Nothing will make me do it
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R obert I said and shook him by the shoulder
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CHAPTER 1 11
I T was a warm spring night and I sat at a table on
the terrace o f the Napo h tam after Rober t had gone ,
the red and green stop and go tr affic signal and the - - -
along at the edge of the solid taxi tr aflic and the pou lzs ,
and watched another and then saw the first one coming,
eye and sh e came over and sat down at the table The
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waiter cam e up .
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Well what will you drink ? I asked
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Pernod .
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A pernod fo r me too ,
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Sure Aren t you ?
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Don t yo u like Paris ?
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No .
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Why don t you go somewh ere else ?
Isn t an ywh er e else
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Happy hell ,
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a American too .
Good ,
I detest Flamands .
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lik e the looks of the place This is no great thin g of a .
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restaurant .
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Fo yo t s Why don t you keep the cab and go on ?
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Better than you eat in Li ege .
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h ave coffee with us Barnes ,
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ing She was a Canadian and had all their easy social
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Thanks we ll be in , I said I went back to the small
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h o are your friends ? Georgette asked .
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There are lots o f those on this Side o f the river .
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We finished th e meal and the wine Come on , I .
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m y o u related to Georgette Leblanc the singer ? ,
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Connais pas Georgette answered ,
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But yo u hav e the same name Mrs Braddocks in :
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Sisted cordially .
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No said George tte Not at all : My name is .
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But Mr Barnes introduced you as Mademoiselle
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G geor ette Leblanc Surely he did insisted Mrs .B rad ~
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Oh it was a joke then Mrs Bradd ocks said
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Yes said Georgette ,
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Did you hear that Hen ry ? ,
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Of course darling Mademoiselle Hobin I v e known
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Oh Mademoiselle Hobin
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speaking French very rapidly and not seeming so pr oud .
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really Fre nch Have you been m Paris long ? Do you
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to talk to her ?
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No I don t like Paris It s expen sive and dir ty
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I find it dirty .
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Have another .
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Thanks I will then .
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You re from Kansas City they tell me
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Yes .
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Do y ou find Paris amusing ?
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Oh h ow charmingly you
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me Don t be cross with .
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I wasn t cross I said: I just thought per haps I
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Aren t they lovely ? An d you my dear Wher e did
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An a lov ely evening ?
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B rett laugh ed It s wrong of you Jake It s an in
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sult to all of us Look at Frances ther e and Jo
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If the girl I came with asks for me will you giv e her ,
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this ? I said If sh e goes ou t with one o f those gentle
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men will yo u save this for m e ?
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go no w? So early ? ”
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Brett She said good night and took my ar m
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n ight Cohn I said Outside in the street we looked
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fo r a taxi .
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You re going to lose your fif ty francs Brett said
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We stood against the tall zinc bar and did not talk
and looked at each other The waiter came and said the .
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the waiter a franc and we went out Where should I .
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tell him ? I asked .
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ligh ted bar s and late open Shops on each side o f the street .
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back I saw her face in the lights from the open sh bps
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fectly flat N ow you could see all the way into them
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good to see each other .
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No I don t think it is
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Don t yo u want to ?
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I have to .
have the pool Of liv e trout and where you can sit and
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Wher e do you want to go ? I asked Brett turn ed .
Oh go to the Select
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C afé Select I told the driv er Boule v ard Mont
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Hello yo u chaps Brett said ,
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drink .
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Oh Brett ! Brett ! the little Greek portrait painter
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Hello Zizi Brett said , ,
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o o lo u s meet my frien d Lady As hley .
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Ra ther said Brett , .
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Oh yes said Brett ,
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Bradd ocks called to me fr om a table ; Barnes he ,
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said have a drink Th at gir l of yours go t in a fright
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What about ?
Som ething th e patronne s daughter said A cork ing ’
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yellow card and demanded the p atronne s daughter s
too I say it was a r ow
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What finally happened ?
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5 said I must shove off Seen Cohn ? . .
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He went home with Frances M r s Br addo cks put in
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I have to Shove o ff I said Good night ,
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Will you take a glass o f wine with
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I ll see you to morrow ?
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Come in at the offi ce .
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Hardly .
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Make it the other side o f town then .
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Good I ll be at the Crillon at five ’
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There was a light in the concierge s room and I knocked
on the door and she gave me m y m ail I wished her good ,
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take it .
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Th en I couldn t keep away from it and I started to
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Yes It s me . .
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There s a species of woman here who s waked the
whole street up What kind of a dirty business at this
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time of night ! She says she must see you I ve told her
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Then I heard Brett s voice Half asleep I had been ’
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sure it was Georgette I don t know why She could
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Will you send her up please ? ,
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Silly thing to do sh e said Make an awful r ow I
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m y yo u weren t asleep were you ?
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What did you thi nk I was doing ?
Don t know What time is it ?
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down ? Don t be cross darling Just left the count
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What s he like ? I was getting brandy and soda
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Just a little ,
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Is he a count ?
Here s how I ra ther think so you know Deserves
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Is Zizi really a duke too ? ,
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I shouldn t wonder Greek you know Rotten .
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Where did you go with him ?
Oh everywhere,
He just brought me here no w . .
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Around two thousand ”
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I say you are Slow on the u p take sh e Said I had
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raised Don t look like that sh e said
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hy not ?
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I d be tter go now
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Why ?
Just wanted to see you Damned silly idea Wan t . .
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to get dressed and come down ? He s got the car just
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up th e street .
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The count ?
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Got it all at . Dozen bottles of Mumms . Tempt
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I have to work in the morning I said I m too , .
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far behind you now to catch up and be any fun .
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Don t be an ass .
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C an t do it ’
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Anything Absolutely . .
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Good night darling ,
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You make me ill .
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and go t into bed This was Brett that I had fel t lik e
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ing feeling of a hot day I r ead the papers with the cofiee
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th the boxer toys I stepped aside to avoid walking
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ic the thread with whi ch his girl assistant manipulated
{he bo xers . She was standing looking away the thread ,
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a roller that printed the name CINZANO on the side
walk in damp l etters All along people were going to.
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the Quai d Or say with Woolsey and Krum .
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Oh I m over in the Quarter
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I m coming over som e night Th e Dingo Tha t s
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I ve meant to get over said Krum You kno ,
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Playing any tennis ? Woolsey asked .
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r ained and the courts are so damn ed crowded
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The Englishmen all have Saturday o fi oolsey ,
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Then I ll have plentyt of time to get ou t in th e country
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I ve h een thinking some about getting a car nex t
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Here s my Stl éet I said
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C ome in and have a dr ink
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Thanks old m an Krum Said Woolsey shook his
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You Jake he said
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I t s all on the offi ce anyway
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Nope I want to get it . .
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You bet .
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waiting for me ”
Hello Jake he said Going out to
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That happens to ev erybody .
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Oh I m sure of that It gets me worried thou gh
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Thought any more about going to S outh merica ?
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Well I said take her with you
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You ve got to take that back .
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I know it Cohn said You re really about the
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Brett She was not there so I sat down and wrote some
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The taxi stopped in front of the R otonde No m atter .
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Sit down said Harvey I v e been looking for you
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Wh at s the matter ?
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lu tely through with them .
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Do you want to know something, Jake?
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Sure said Harvey So we sat and thought de iy
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Have another port ?
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All r ight
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I don t know Cohn said Wha t s it all abou t
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I don t know Cohn said I think I d rath er play
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I misjudged you Harvey said Yo u re not a ,
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know wh at he wants Now fo r the first time sh e dropped .
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her br igh t terribly cheerful manner
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Well what are you smiling at ? Frances asked him
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Feel pre tty happy ?
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I was sm iling at you and Jake with your secrets .
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Isn t that fine !
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hun dred pounds and then I m going to visit fr iends .
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weren t yo u Robert ? But I made him give me two
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went on later .
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How can you say such things Frances ? Cohn in ,
ter r u pted .
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v isit friends E ver visit friends that didn t want you ?
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Shut up Frances for God s sake
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Listen Robert dear Let m e tell you som e thing
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the end of all the romance Don t yo u think that s .
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him and see if it s not Where are you going Jake ?
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like that ?
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Here is the post And there was a lady here to see
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Was she with a friend of mine ?
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I ll speak perfectly frankly Monsieur Barnes Last , .
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They did n o t lea v e any word ?
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Yes They said they would be back in an hour
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Send them up when they com e .
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Yes Monsieur Barnes An d that lady that lady
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N o Did we have one ? I must have been blind
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You wer e quite drunk my dear said the count , , .
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Wasn t I though ? And the count s been a brick, ’
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You ve go t hell s own drag with the concierge now
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D on t be a damned foo
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H is She said and nodded at th e count
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thing that s happened
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So do you my dear ,
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K Fan cy said Brett
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Who d want to ? I say Jake
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do we get a drink ?
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You get it while I go in and dress .
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the bed .
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What s the matter darling ? Do you feel rocky ? ,
t I love yo u so much ,
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D ar lin g sh e said Then : Do want me to
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W are you going ?
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Soon as I can
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San Sebastian .
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No That would be a hell of an idea after we djust
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Oh you know as well as I do Don t be obstinate
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sure I said I know you re right I m just
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there was the count Behind him was the chau fieu r .
count .
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In the kitchen Brett said ,
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P u t it in there Henry the count , ,
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very good wine he said I know we don t ,
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Oh you always have some o n e in the trade B rett
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hat s his name ? asked Brett Veuve Cliquot ? .
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No said the count
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Mumms He s a bar o n . .
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Isn t it wonderful Said Brett
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We all have titles
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haven t you a ti tle Jake ? ,
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it costs yo u money .
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Oh I don t know It s damned useful sometimes
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Brett said .
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I v e never known it to do me any good
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amount of credit on mine .
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Do sit down count I said Let me take that , ,
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Jake I don t want to ruin you r rugs Can t yo u give
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Put two bottles in it Henry the coun t called , ,
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I always like a good meal said the count , .
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Should I bring the wi ne in sir ? asked the chauf
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Like to tr y a real American cigar ?
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Thanks I said I ll finish the cigarette
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I like a cigar to really d raw said the count Half , .
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at Brett And when you re divorced Lady Ashley
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then you won t have a title .
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No What a pity
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N ice of you ,
said Brett . Mummy would
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You r e right Brett said
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This is a hell of a dull talk Brett said How about 6 ,
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some of that champagne ?
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the shiny bucket It isn t cold yet You re alway ’ ’
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drinking my dear Why don t you just talk ?
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out to Jake .
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I should like to hear you really talk my dear When , .
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yo u talk to me you never fi nish your sentences at all :
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Leave em for yo u to finish Let any one finish them
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as they like .
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It is a very inter esting system th e count reached ,
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down and gave the bottles a twirl Still I would like C
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to hear you talk some time .
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Isn t he a fool ? Brett asked
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cool. He held the bottle looking at it I put out the , .
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I Say You m ight open it Brett suggested
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Yes , m y dear Now I ll open it. .
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I say that is wine Br ett held up her gl ass
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Let s enjoy a little more of this B rett pushed her
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Drunk ? Drunk ?
C M y dear you are charming when you are drunk
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Listen to the man .
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full She .
was sober .
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Yes my dear I have b een ar o u n d very much I
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have been around a very great deal .
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Drink your wine said Brett We ve all been
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o nly r agsin g
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I have been In seven wars and four revolutions the ,
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Soldiering ? Brett asked
Sometimes my dear And Ihave got arrow wo unds
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Have you ever Seen arrow wou nds ?
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Let s have a look at them .
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an excellent place in the count s values So did wine . .
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Where would you like to go ? asked the count after
dinner We were the only people left in the res taurant
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e m igh t go up on the hill Brett said Haven t ,
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We have our career s Brett said
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Get it on the hill .
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N0 Hav e it here where it is qui et
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I You and your quiet said Brett What is it m en ,
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feel about quiet ?
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We like it said the count Like you like noise
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my dear .
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All right said B rett Let s have one ,
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Sommelier l the count called .
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Yes sir ,
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Bring us a bo ttle .
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0 Listen my dear I get mor e value for my money in
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I got a houseful .
in front o f him .
Habre you ?
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Th aats good .
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H e s a great friend of mine D am n
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Brett said , .
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good drumm er .
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Let s go over .
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You are a rotten dancer Jake Michael s the best
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dancer I know .
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I like him I said I m damned fond of him
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haven t thought about him for a week 5 .
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Don t you write him ?
Not I Never wr ite letters
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I ll bet he writes to you .
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be an ass . Michael s people hav e loads
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Very ni ce he said You looked v ery v er y
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n ice .
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Don t you dance count ? I asked
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No I m too o ld
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Oh come o ff it Brett said
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watch yo u dance
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I ll dance again for you
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scim e time I say What about your little friend Zizi ?
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He is rather hard .
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You kn o w I thi nk that boy s got a future But per i
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He gives me the willys .
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Well the count Shrugged his Shoulders
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Want to go ?
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Le t s go ,
said Brett You don t mind . .
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B rett wants to go I said to the count He nodded ,
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Does she ? That s fine You t ake the car I m going . .
We shook hands .
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It was a wonderful time I said I wish you would ,
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let me get this I took a note out of my pocket
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Mr Barnes don t be ridiculous the count said
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and there were three girls at his table We got into the .
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Good night Brett , ,
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Good night Jake Good night darlin g I won t
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see
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you again We kissed standing
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twenty francs and he tou said : Good
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t bell The doo r
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he said Budapest is absolutely won .
Ho w about Vienna ?
N ot so go od Jake Not so good
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than i t was .
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H owd o y ou mean ? I was getting glasses an d a
fi Tigh t
That s strange Better have a drink
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Bill rubbed his forehead ; Remarkable thing h e ,
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said Don t know how it happened Suddenly it hap
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Last long ?
t d ays Jake Lasted jus four days
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her that perfectly .
D O anything else ?
Not so sure Possible . .
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Go o n Tell me abo ut it
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chairs Nigger went home with u s in o u r car Couldn t
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What happened ? 4
who translated ? as it me ?
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Probably it wasn t you .
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How d you come ou t
Not so good Jake Injusti ce ev ery where Prom o ter
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nigger viola ted contract Can t knock ou t Vienna boy .
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in Vienna My God Mister Gor ton said nigger I ’ '
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swinging at me I never did hit him . .
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Did you get any money ?
N o money Jake All we could get was nigger s ’
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Go on .
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Where will we go ?
Want to eat o n th e island ?
Sure .
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I know who they are Bill eyes the monume n t
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100 1 me o n Paris .
We went on .
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Here s a taxidermist
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Pretty ni ce stu fied dogs Bill said Certainly ,
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bright en up you r fiat .
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Come o n .
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Just o n e stu fied do g I can take em or leave em .
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Come on .
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with unbought stu fied dogs Not my fault
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We went on .
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How d you feel that way about dogs so sudden ?
Always felt that way about dogs Always been a .
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great lover of stuffed animals .
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Certainly like to drink Bill said You O ught to , .
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es Jake , .
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in public .
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Where were yo u drinking ?
Stopped at the Crillon George made me a couple .
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o f his success ? Never been daunted
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N o t in public If I be gin to feel daunted I ll go od
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b y myself I m like a cat th at way
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When did you see Harvey Stone ?
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Just goes o ff like a cat Pret ty sad . .
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What ll we do to night ?
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Just a suggestion said Bill Want to start n ow?
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Come on .
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I m a nature writer ’
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Beautif ul l ady said Bill Goin g to kidnap us
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H u llo l B rett said Hullo .
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B rett smiled at Bill I say I m just back Haven t . .
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Good Come on and eat with us and we ll all go
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to meet him .
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Must clean myself .
Oh rot ! Come on
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Closerie des Lilas .
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u been in thi s pestilentia
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1 Ask him about Vienn a .
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Vienna said B ill is a strange city
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Exactly Bill said
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Very much like Paris at .
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H o w ar e y o u Jake ? ,
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Great I said , I ve had a good time . .
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Brett looked at me I was a fool to go away she w ?
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said. On e s an ass to c av e an s .
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Did you ave a good ti me
Oh all right Interesting Not frightfully amusing
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See anybody ?
No hardly anybody I never went ou t ) ’
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You ve a nice friend Jake
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One more Brett said and I must run Do send
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the wai ter for a taxi .
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be ther e .
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We ll b e there Bill said The taxi started and
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Brett waved .
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Qui te a girl Bill said She s d amned nice Who s
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Michael ?
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The man She ’s ga ng to marry
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cheese .
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You ve go t th e wo r ld here all right B ill said to
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God !
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You ll be rich’
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I hope so .
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back behind the cou rtyard and the iron fence to the ,
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h y n ot ?
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p rna se and then on past the Lilas i and ’
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It s g e d to see you Jake
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my nose ?
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It s a d r eadfu l hat Do get a good hat
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this nose?
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Oh Shut it and go and get your hair cut
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What part o f t h e States you boys from ?
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Yo u both going to Biarritz ?
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they ever find any one to m arry them .
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There s good swimming I said s But it s danger
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square M ontoya was glad to see us and shook hands
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I m n o t sure they ll come Cohn said
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Why n o t ? Bill said Of course they ll come .
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Jake Fifty pesetas
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I ll remembe r it myself Bill said I saw he was
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the archivist and all the archi ves o f the town were in
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the morning Cohn ? Bill asked I haven t changed ’
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That sounds like a good idea Cohn said ,
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This is a comfortable café he said Did yo u have ,
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held the bag out there the wine making a flat hard
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wine is that ?
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m ake a tip and she gave me back the copp er piece think
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I been there he said Forty years ago
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All right he said You can t get this in Am erica
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Wh at yo u come over here for ?
We re going to the fiesta at Pamplona
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Yes he said
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I guess I like them . .
Where ?
Way ofi there where the mountain starts .
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It s high I said It must be twelve hundr ed
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Not in the summer Now is the big season . .
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Is the wine included ?
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was still playing
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Direct action said Bill
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It blows like hell up here Bill said ,
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want you to do that every morning .
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What s all t his iron y and pity ?
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No Who got it u p?
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Have you got any jam ?
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Hey ! that s not the way Bill said
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ir on ical , Make some crack about Pr imo de Rivera .
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Go on I said Who did you get this stu ff fr om ?
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over here and tell you every year ?
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Take some m ore coff ee, I said .
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This is country Bill said , .
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That s a hell o f a hike .
lik e hell to get there an d back and have any fishi ng at all «
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It s full of them .
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I m going to fish a fly You got any M c Gin tys ?
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fi n d the win e .
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How are yours ?
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Smaller .
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Let s see them .
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They re packed .
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You re n o t holding out on me ?
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I wish I were .
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Let s try it .
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The cold helps it I said , .
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He s dead I read it in the paper yesterday
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No Not really ?
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G entlemen he said and
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Utilize a little brother , he han ded me the bottle
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B ryan ?
I loved B ryan said Bill We were like brothers
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It s a lie Frankie Fritsch ent to Fordham
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On wine ?
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Is this all we ve go t ?
Only the two bottles .
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I don t remember ,
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I put the reels m the tackle bag Bill had
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in I carri e
. d the other .
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Well said Bill hav e we got ev erything ?
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Yo u go t everything now ?
I looked around on the grass at the foot of the elm
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to the inn.
stream, and the sun dried you when you came out
sat on the b ank We found a stream with a pool deep T
en ough to swim in In the evenings we played three
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had walked over from Saint Jean Pied de Port and was
stopping at th e inn for th e fishing He was very pleasant
.
”
at the pest and they gave it me with mine .
W
We go t here Friday Brett passed ou t on the train so
, ,
brought her here for 3 days rest with old friends o f ours .
M I CH AE L .
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What day of the week is it ?
I asked Harris .
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Yes e ve been here nearly a week
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We re going in anyway I said ,
There s no use ,
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We might as well said Bill
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Ther e s no need for
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135 to be snooty .
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h at
will we say ? Bill asked .
“It’s
a remarkable place though Harris said I ”
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up each day .
“Isay n o t .
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do my eyes deceive me ?
W
‘ It has the look of a
f
b
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Bill said
pu , .
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It looks to me like a pub I said ,
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h a ad
bottle of wine ap iece Harri s would not let .
us py
a .
qu t e n n ,
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I say . You don t kn ow what it s meant ’
to m e to
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We ve had a grand time Harr is ,
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I say Really you don t know how much it means
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I ve not had much fun since th e war
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We ll fish together again some time Do n t you for
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ge t it Harris
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We must We have had such a jolly good time
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How about another bottle around ?
Jolly good idea said Harris ,
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This is mine said Bill Or we don t drink it ,
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I wish you d let me pay for it It does give m e .
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p leasure you know ,
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This is go ing to give me pleasure Bill said ,
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I say Yo u know this does utilize well
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Good old Harris .
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Good old Wilson Harris Bill said We call -
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I say Barnes You don t know what this all means
,
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to me .
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Come on and utilize another glass I said
“
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,
”
Drink up Harris ,
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ad dr es
s in London and his cl ub and his business address;
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an d as we the bus he ha
go t on nded us ea ch an envelope .
I say Harris ,
I b egan .
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bus Th ey re n o t fir st rate fl es at all I only thought
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Say wasn t that Harris nice ? Bill said
,
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Harris ? You bet he did .
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I wish he d come into Pamplona .
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He wanted to fish .
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each oth er anyway ,
.
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. I suppo se n o t .
“
Your friends are here h e said ,
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Mr Campbell ?
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ley .
as
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often had th e most flattering inscriptions But they did .
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wer e always very polite at first and it amused them very
,
, ,
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Have yo u go t tickets ?
Yes I got them for all the unloadin gs
. .
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What s it like ? He was pullin g his cheek befor e
the glass looking to see if there were unshaved patches
,
”
good I said They let the bulls out Of
,
.
, ,
the bulls tear in at the stee rs and the steers run ar oun d
i
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What do th ey have them m for ?
To quiet down the bulls and keep them from break
ing their horns against the stone walls or goring each ,
were two lonely looking ticket houses standing in the -
S O MB R A were shut
,
They would not open until the day
.
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Hello you chaps ! sh e called
,
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I brought them up here Cohn said ,
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What r o t Brett said ,
We d hav e gotten here .
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earlier if you hadn t come .
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You d never have gotten here
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Did you get good fishing ? Mike asked e .
W
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It wasn t bad We missed yo u
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ought to bring them .
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You bring us What r o t . .
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as it really good ? Mike asked Did y o u tat .
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many ?
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Some days we took a dozen apiece Th ere was an .
r 4o THE S U N A L S O {ISE S
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P ick them out yourself So he got me some medals .
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Is that all ?
That s all Perhaps I didn t tell it right
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You didn t said Brett But no matter ,
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Don t you think that was funny ? Mike asked .
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We were all laughing It was I swear it was Any . . .
. .
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You ddn t mean it Bill said I should think it
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How did you go bankrupt ? B ill asked .
Two ways
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Mike said , .
denly .
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fi t it on ? b r ou gh t
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Friends said Mike I had a lot of friends False
, . .
,
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I don t remember Mike said
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I was just ,
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a
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li ttle
tigh t
Mike SEid
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thin g,
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Tell them about your learned counsel Brett said ,
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I will not Mike said
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My learned c ounsel was
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down and see these bu lls un loaded or not ?
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Let s go down .
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thr ee of us .
GOO d \
in e 30 Centimes A Liter .
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That s where we ll go when funds get low B rett said
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At the gate O f the corrals two men took tick ets from
the people that went in We went in through the gate
. .
across the grass under the trees we passed the big gray , ,
was stencilled with the name and the brand O f the bull
W
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My Go d isn t he beautiful ? Brett said
,
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e we r e .
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Look h ow he knows how to use his horns , I said .
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S go t a left and a right just like a boxer
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Not really ?
You watch .
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It goes too fast .
shelters attracted the bull and while the bull was fac
, ,
ing away the gate was pulled up and a second bull came
o ut into the corral .
“
Don t look I said to B rett She was watchin g
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,
.
,
fascinat ed .
b “ “
E
”
Fine I s aid
,
If it doesn t buck you .
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“ ”
I saw it sh e said I sawhim shif t from his lef t to
,
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r ight '
ho r n .
Dam n go od !
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The s teer was down now , his neck stretched out, his
head twisted he lay the way he had fallen Suddenly
, ,
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the bull left O ff and made for the other steer which h ad
b een standing at the far end his head swinging watch , ,
The next time he nosed at the steer and then the two
of them tr otted over to the other bull .
When the nex t bull came out all three the two b u lls , ,
n and , ,
made him on e of the her d When the last two bulls had
.
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That s an extraordinary business Brett said ,
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aw
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fufl y fast .
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They all know each other I said fThey r e O nly , .
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all looked dangerous to me
Th only wan
THE
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fi eou went in
ey
y
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fr om the herd and he d be dangerous
,
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That s too complicated Bill said
’
Don t you ever , ,
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”
detach me from the her d M ike ,
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‘"
I say
”
Mike said
,
the y wer e fine bulls weren t
, ,
’
”
th ey ? Did yo u see their horns ?
“ ” “
Did I n ot said Brett ,
I had n o idea wh at they .
“
D idy ou see the one hi t that steer ? Mike asked .
r Robert .
- Uon t ’
just sit there .
“
I said s ome thi ng Mike Don t you remember ?
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A bout the steers .
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Oh say something more Say somethinn funny
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. .
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Can t you see we re all having a good time here ?
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Come ofi it Michael You re drunk Brett said
,
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, .
wen t ontalking .
. I a
t an d listen ed
s fo r a while . Br ett
“ ”
I say Michael you might not be su ch a bloody ass
, , ,
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l sh e interrupted I m not saying he s not righ t you
.
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,
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I m not so damn drunk as I sounded he said
’
, .
“
I kn ow you re not
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Brett said , .
’ ”
We re none of us sober I said ,
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I didn t say anything I didn t mean .
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But you put it so badly B rett laughed , .
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well sick .
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Mark you . Bret t s had afiair s with men before She
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Cohnfs lett ers to read I wouldn t read them . .
“ ”
Damned noble of you .
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No liste n Jake Brett s gone oil with men But they
, , . .
af ter
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w
rd a
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B r e tt said ll
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D amned go od chaps It sx a ,
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talk about it Mich ael an d I understand ea
. ch other .
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She gave me Robert Cohn s letters I wo hldn t r ead ’
.
‘ ’
”
them .
”
r ead min e ?
“ “ ” ’
I can t r ead letters Mike said
’
Funny isn t it ? ,
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,
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You can t read anything ’
.
r ead iw
. . .
hen I m at home
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this thing now He s her e Don t spoil the fiesta.
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Well let him behave t hen
, , .
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or get out .
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Yes I said it would be nice for me to tell him
, , .
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Look Brett Tell Jake what Robe rt calls you That
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is perfect you know ,
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Oh no I can t ,
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Go on We re all frien ds Aren t we
. .
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Jake ?
“
I can t tell him : It s too ridiculous
’ ’
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’
I ll tell him .
good letter .
“
I know I said “
He wrote me from San Sebastian
,
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That was nothing B r ett said He can wri te a , .
“
She made me write that She was supposed to be .
.
ill .
“
Come on I said we must go in and eat ;
”
, ,
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How should I meet C ohn ? Mike said .
“ ” “
It s quite all right with me , Mike said
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Im .
’
no t
W
We walked across the square It was dark and all .
Montoya .
“
ell h ow did yo u like the bulls ? he a
“
”
, s ked .
‘ ’
They re all oo k h is head but
the y re n o t too
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What didn t you like about th em ?
'
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I don t know They just didn t give me the fee ling
.
”
that t hey w ere so good .
“
I kno w hat yo u m ean .
”
They re all right’
.
“
Where s C o h n ? ’
Up stairs in h is room
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Ho w doe s h e feel ?
”
when h e s tight ”
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.
“
He wash it so tight .
”
came t o th e café .
“
He sobered up afterward .
“
Good He was terrible I don t lik e Cohn God
. .
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,
It was one o f th
I had read it before , but it
tr y be came very cl ear and the feeling o f pressure in m y
hm seemed to loosen Q was v er y dr unk and I did
. . not
is
when it is light The hell th er e
.
c ount on .
any g d
oo I paid my. way into enough things that I
liked so that I h ad a good tim e Either you paid by
,
.
"
,
a English spoken language the upper class es anyway —
,
classes .
g e n e n . n o o v er sen si
,
went to Sleep .
'
shut o ff the Side streets when the bulls were released
“
from the corrals and came runhing through the stree ts
-
lThe ring was rolled and spr inkled and carpen ters ,
te
a walk out to w
th d Brett had h er for
and it was fr esh and cool on the pla teau and there w
‘
, as
a won der fu l view We all felt good and we felt healthy
e
.
,
w
.
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people at the eleven o clock mass . San Fermin is also
and sev ere folding chairs The café was like a battleship V
.
1 58 T H E S UN ALS O RISES
you alone all morning to read without asking if you
wanted to order something A waiter came up as soon .
as I sat down .
“
What are you drinking ? I asked Bill and Robert .
”
Sherry Coh n said ,
.
”
Jerez I said to the waiter ,
.
a minute before that the waiter hol ding the bottle high
, ,
up over his head could hardly get through the crowd to,
our table People were coming into the square from all
.
iau p
r iau m u sic ,
ipes shrill and the dr ms pound th e
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r -
u
ing , and behind them came the men and boys dancing .
"
shouting and pulling at his clothes He came o u t of
, .
(
past the café and down a side street We saw hiS b lantk .
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Fermin was translated from one church to another { in .
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back from the chapel into town The str eet was lined .
S
wanted her as an image to dance around When .
sang m ar am ? rushed us
e "
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a m .
.
a wine cask
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It was dar k in the wine sho p an d full of
.
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they drew the wine from casks I put down m oney for
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f
,
.
’ ”
There s a place down the street I said
. I ll go ,
.
’
”
get a couple .
“ ” ’
See ! It doesn t l eak .
“
What are you going to do ? Sell them in Bayonne ?
“ ”
No Drink out of them
. .
He slapp ed me on t h e back .
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Good m an . Eigh t pesetas for the two . Th e lo west
”
pr I ce .
“ “
It s true
’
he said Eight pesetas is cheap
,
. .
they were in the back room At the coun ter the girl .
filled the two wine skins for me One held two litres -
. .
mouth from the new wine bag He tipped the big six -
.
bread .
“ ”
Hello Jake H ello ! Mike called
,
Come here I . . .
’
want yo u to meet my frien ds We re all having an hors .
”
Not m e, said Mike . This gen t .
”
up .
Come on .
“ ” “
Let him sleep the man whispered He s all r igl t
,
.
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”
Oh n o t at all Br ett said
, ,
.
”
You were only dead Bill said , .
’ ”
Aren t we going to go and hav e some supper ? Cohn
”
Eat those garlics R obert Mike said , , . I say . Do
Cohn stood there . His sleep had made him quite all
’ “
Do let s go and eat ,
Brett said . I must ge t a
”
bath .
”
hotel .
“ ”
What time is it do you suppose ? Cohn asked ,
TH E S UN ALS O RISES
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It s
’
to morrow
-
,
Mike sa id . Yo u ve been
’
asleep
two
”
days .
“ ” “ ”
No said Cohn what time is it ?
, ,
“ ”
It s ten o clock
’ ’
.
’
What a lot we ve drunk .
eo
p p le those in,
the centr e all dancing .
of the prices being doubled for the fiesta and there wer e ,
d came down .
the gutter and lay quiet But the bulls went right on
,
.
V
Af ter they went o u t o f sight a great roar came from
the bull ring It kept on Then finally the pop of the
-
. .
to sleep .
dress and went over and closed the window because the
p eople o n the balcony o f the house just across the street
were looking in .
“
Did you see the Show ? I ask ed .
”
Anybody get hurt ?
One o f the bulls go t into the crowd in the ring and
”
tossed six o r eight people .
“
H o w did Brett like it ?
W
there wasn t any time for it to ’
y .
I wish I d been up
’
.
”
r oom but it was locked .
“
Where did you stay up ?
We danced at some club .
”
I go t sl eepy I said ,
.
part that will bother you and they re only in for a few ,
’
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all
’
She ll be
’
right ,
Mike s aid . I ll look after
“
I m going over to the hotel to get the glasses an d
’
” “
the wine skin I said
-
See you back h ere Don t get
,
. .
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cock eyed
-
.
“
I ll come along Bill said Brett smiled at us
’
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. .
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”
Come on sai d Montoya ,
Do you want to meet .
”
Pedro Romero ?
“ ” “
Fine said Bill ,
Let s go see him .
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He s getting dressed for the bull figh t -
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his sash His black hair shone under the electric ligh t
. .
he turned to me He . 6
er seen .
”
You go to the bull figh t he said in English -
, .
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You know English I said feeling like an idiot , , .
“
We wish ed him Mucha suerte shook hand s and went
”
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, ,
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He s a fine boy don t you think so
’
,
’
Mont oya ask ed .
’ ”
He s a good looking kid I said -
, .
”
He looks like a torer o Montoya said , . He Has the
“
He s a fine boy
’
.
much .
, ,
and the pipe music was shrill and everywhere the flow ,
play of the fee t All you saw was the heads and shoul
.
“Robert
Coh n did Mike put in You wer e qu ite .
,
”
gr een R obert,
.
“
The first horse did bother me Cohn said ,
.
’
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,
“ ’ ” “
It ”s
_
all right Bill said so long as yo u we r en
, t ,
’
bor ed
s
“
H i
’
d dnet look bored Mike said I thought h e ,
.
”
go in g to be sick .
“
I fiever felt that bad It was just for a minute . .
“
4 1 I thought he was going to be sick You weren t .
’
”
lior ed were you Robert ?
, ,
“
Let up on that Mike I said I was sorry I said ,
.
”
He was you know He was positiv ely g reen
, . .
’
You mustn t ever ge t bored at your fir st bull -
figh t,
good
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h ea
W
He said B rett was a sadist just because
l thy
,
-
stomach
on t be heal thy long ’
.
sh e has a
’
I can t say I liked it I think it s a wonderful .
’
”
Gad, yes ! What a spectacle ! B r ett said .
”
y o u n ever notice anything disgusting .
“ ”
It is a bit strong just at the start Brett said , .
”
sta rts for the horse .
“
The bulls were fine Cohn said ,
.
”
They were very good Mike said ,
”
I want to sit down below next time B r ett drank , .
, .
”
lad is just a child .
,
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we were up in his room I never saw a better look ing -
”
' Just imagine it .
told her about watching the bull not the horse wh en the
,
, ,
bulls charged the pi cadors and got her to watch ing the ,
and how he held him with the cape and t amed him ”
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and I pointed ou t to her the tricks the other bull figh ter s -
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,
“
I ve never seen
’
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You won t until he gets frightened I said , .
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He ll never be frightened Mike said He knows, .
the mountains from the Sea You could n o t see the tops
.
and the shapes o f the trees and the houses were changed .
The fiags i n the square hung wet from the white pole!
and the banners wer e wet and hung damp against the
front of the houses and in between the steady drizzle the
,
rain came down and drov e ev ery one under the arcades .
w
,
wet the horses coats wet in the ram The crowd was
,
’
in the cafés and the dancers came in too and sat their
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C om e in ,
”
I called .
“
How are you ? he said .
“Fine ” I said .
,
No b u lls to day -
.
” “ ”
No I said nothing but
, , r ai n .
O v er at the Ir u fia .
Look ,
”
he said .
“
Do you know the American
“
He s here in town , now
’
.
” “
Yes, I sai d Everybo dy .
’
s seen them .
”
I’v e id He didn t ’
se en them too , ,
Montoya m . say
Sit do n I said w
Le t m e sm d for a drink
,
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“
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NO I ha ve to go
,
.
“ ” “
Look he said I ve just had a message
,
.
’
dinn er .
“ “ ’
Well I said it can t hur t Mar cial any
, ,
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in a Car this morning with Mar quez I don t think
’
m .
di ey ll be back to
’
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D on t giv e Romer o
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the m assage , I said .
”
You think so ?
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Absolutely .
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I wanted to ask yo u because you were an American ,
he said
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That s what I d do .
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Loo k said Mon toya People take a boy like that
,
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Yes like Algaben o
,
.
There ’
er ieau
gi ve
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Yes,
him
I said
Or crazy like Gallo
ell , I said
”
the m e
“
ssag
Th e Old o nes get fat
e
”
H e ought
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,
.
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stu fl .
“
Won t yo u have a drink ? I asked
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” “
NO said Montoya I have to go
,
He wen t out ,
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three year s! The bull figh t critic joked him about the -
teen years Old he sai d His Older brother was with him
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,
only two but I did not want to explain after I had made
,
all r ight .
“
The first or the second time ?
“
I was very bad he said The second time I was
, .
”
bet ter You rem ember ?
. He turned to the cr itic .
“
I lik e it very much that you like my work he said , .
, ,
”
goo d bull I w ill try and
,
show it to you .
“ ” “
I am anxious to see it the critic said I would ,
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like to be convinced .
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He doesn t like my work much’
Romero turned to .
me He was serious
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What did you think of them ?
” “
Very nice I said,
About twenty six arrobas .
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Very shor t horns Haven t you seen them ?.
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Oh y es said Romero
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NO said Romero
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They ve go t bananas fo r horns the critic said
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You call them bananas ? asked Romero He turned .
”
to m e and smiled You wouldn t call them bananas ?
.
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NO I said
,
They re horns all right ’
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They re very short said P edro R Om er O
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V ery ,
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very short Still they aren t bananas
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I say Jake Brett called from the next table ybu
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hone deserted us .
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Just temporarily I said We re talking bulls, .
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You ar e superior .
He was drunk .
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Drunk I said ,
Borracho ! Muy borracho ! .
a
r e .
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; Tell him I think writing
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on tell him
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Tell him I m ashamed of being a writer:
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Go on . Tell him ! Bill said .
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This gentleman I said is a writer , , .
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Romero was impressed This other one too I .
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I can t see it the critic said , .
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Really R omero said in Spanish ,
He l ooks a lot .
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like Villalta What does the d r u nk en o n e do ?
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Tell him b u lls have no horns ! Mike shouted , v r ey
dr unk fr om the other end of the table
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What does he say ?
M dr q
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m
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ake Mike called Tell him bulls hav e no horns !
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You understand ? I said .
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Yes fi
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I was su re he didn t so it was all right , .
Tell him Brett wants to see him put on those gr een '
“ants ”
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Pipe down Mike ,
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Pipe down .
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I m n o t on e of you literary chaps : Mike stood
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hakily and leaned against th e table I m n o t clev er .
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But I do know when I m n o t wanted Why don t you .
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you think I m right ? ’
He looked at us .
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Sure I said Let s all go over to the It ur in ’ ‘
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Don t you think I m right Jake ? ’
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Cohn still sat at the table His face had the sallow .
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m right Listen you He turned to Cohn
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k now I ! .
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Go away ! GO away now !
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But I won t go Mike said Cohn ’
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Th en I ll make you ! ’”
Mike started toward him
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around the table C ohn stood up and took O fl his glasses
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I gr abbed Mike Come on to the café I said Yo u .
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Good ! said Mike Good idea ! .
There was
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the crowd was massed on the far side Of the square where -
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They re razzing D on Manuel Bill said
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l b ill i
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g o e s u m n ad os Th a t s what the paper
. said .
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I say I wish on e would go up Brett said
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Th at ,
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D on Manuel chap is furiou s .
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He s probably worked for weeks fixing them tO go
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all sp llin g Hail to San B ill said
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, e ou t .
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Globos illum in ados Mike said A bu n ch of bloodyR
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Come on said B rett We can t stand her e
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Her ladyship wants a drink Mike said
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H ow yOu know things
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Brett said , .
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Co m e o n let s get out Of here B ill said
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a small tough bar where you could get food and wher e
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It s too early
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Let s take the bottle and come back later Bill said
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I don t want to Sit her e on a nigh t like this
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Let s go and look at the English Mike said I , .
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love to look at the English .
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They re awful Bill said ’
Where did they all com e
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f rom ?
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They come from Biarritz Mike said They come ,
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I ll festa them Bill sai d
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tu rn ed tO Bill s friend .
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Com e Off it , Michael .
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been damned hard on Mike ,
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Everybody behaves ba dly I said Give them th e ,
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p roper chance .
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You woul dn t behave badly Brett looked at me
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I d be as big an ass as Cohn I said
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Don t be diffi cult You re the only person I ve got
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an d I feel rather awful to night -
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You ve go t Mike
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Well I said it s been damned hard on Mike hav
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in g Cohn around and seein g him with you . .
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Don t I know it darlin g ? Please don t make me
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f eel any worse than I do .
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Want to go for a walk ?
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Yes Come on
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He was there Brett said ,
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Poor devil !
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I m n o t sorry for him : I hate him myself
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I hate him too, ,
she shivered .
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Want to go in ?
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alked ou t across the wet grass and onto the ston e
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stone and Brett sat down Across th e plain it was dark
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Don t feel bad I sai d
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I feel like hell Brett said
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Don t let s talk .
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the left was the river It was high from the r ain and
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Suddenly sh e shivered .
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It s cold .
e climbed down
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It was clouding over again In
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ought to stop it .
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How can I stop it ? I can t stop things Feel that ? .
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I m like th at a l thr ough
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You oughtn t to do it ’
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You don t
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t he way he s ac ted ?
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h at do you
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I can t just stay tight all the time .
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NO .
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Seem older I noticed his skin It was clear and smooth
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when B rett gave him her hand He was being very care .
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Yes he said Algaben o was hurt tod ay in Ma
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NO I said Badly ?
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Nothing Here he showed his hand Brett reached.
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Oh ! he said In English you tell fortunes ? ,
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Sometim es D o you mind ?
NO I like it H e spread his hand flat o n th e table
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Tell me I live for alway s and be a millionaire , .
hand ?
He laughed His hand was ve ry fine and the wrist .
was small .
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There are thousands O f bulls Brett said She was ,
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Good Romero laughed ,
At a thousand duros .
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apiece he said to me in Spanish
,
Tell me some more . .
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It s a good hand Brett said I think he ll live a
3
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7hn g time .
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Say it to me N o t to your friend . .
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I kn ow it Romero said I m never going to die
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I translated to Brett .
wh o speaks English ”
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Why ? asked Brett .
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No t yet .
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Why n o t ?
They would n o t like it Bull figh ter s are n o t like .
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th at
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What are bull figh ter s like ?
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af .
He laughed and tipped his hat down over his eyes and
changed the angle O f his cigar an d the expression o f his
face.
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Like at the table he said I glanced over He had
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NO ?
N0.
All right .
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Sit down I said ,
. I must go and fin d our frien ds
and bring them here .
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He looked at me It was a final look to ask ii it wer e
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Sit down Brett said to him
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You must teach m e
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our thre e empty c ognac glasses were on the table
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t hem out .
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That s it said M ike They re stupid I knew that
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They can t say things like that about Mike Bill ,
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I won t stand it , B ill said
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Come on Let s go over to the Suizo I said
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,
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They re a bunch of Edna s friends from Biarritz
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Bill sai d .
of
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One them s Charley Blackman from Chicago , ,
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Take me away from here she said yo u bankrupts , ,
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I don t know what happened but some on e had the ,
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What s the matter with Mike ?
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Pr obably he owes them money I said That s ,
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what people usually get bitter abo ut -
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chairs or crouched on th e ground with blanke ts and ne s
to open in the mor ning to buy ti ckets for the bull figh t -
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The night was clearing and the moon was out . Some of
B r e tt ? he asked .
I don t know ’
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She s n o t .
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I don t know where She is
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Sit down I said I don t know where she is
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The hell yo u don t !
You can shut your face .
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Tell me where Brett is .
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I ll n o t tell you a damn thing .
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If I did I wouldn t tell you .
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Oh go to hell Coh n Mike called from the table s
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Brett s gone off with the bull figh ter chap They re
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You shut up .
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Oh go to hell ! Mike said languidly
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Is that where Sh e is ? Cohn turned to me .
Go to hell
She was with you Is that where she is ? .
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Go to hell !
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I ll tell me h e §epped forward
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u ck
the
pavement . AS I started to get on my feet he hit m e
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I say you were cold Mike said
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Where the hell were you ?
Oh I was around ,
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You didn t want to mix in it ?
“He knock ed Mike down too Edna said .
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He didn t knock me out Mike said ’
I j ust lay ,
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I m all right I said
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My head s a little wobbly ,
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It was quite a thing to watch Edn a said n
, . He must
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be a boxer .
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He is .
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I wish Bill had been here Edna said I d like to ,
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to see Bill kn o cked down He s so big . .
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I w as hoping he would knock down a waiter Mike ,
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d and get arrested I d like to see Mr Robert Coh n
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in jail .
NO I said ,
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Oh n o said Edna ,
You don t mean that
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I do thou gh Mike said I m not one of these chaps
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likes bein g kn ocked about I never play games ev en . . .
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were
and I
stopped for a long tim e and watched It was all strange . .
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Say he said go up and see Cohn He s been in
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a jam and h e s asking for you
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The hell with him .
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What are you looking at me that way for ?
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I m not looking at you GO on up and see Cohn
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He s in bad shape .
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You were drunk a little while ago I said , .
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I m drunk n ow Bill said
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But you go up and see,
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hn He wants to see yo u
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All right I said It was just a matter of climbing
,
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tom suitcase I walked down the hall to Cohn s room
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h o is it ?
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Barnes .
Come in Jake ,
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Forgive you hell ,
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Oh that s all right
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You call ed me a pimp .
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I know Pleas e don t remember it I was crazy
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Tha t s all right .
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his whi te Shirt on the bed in the d ark His polo sh irt . .
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I m going away in th e morning
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I ve been
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I guess it isn t any u se ’
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he said . I guess it isn t ’
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an y d amn u se .
“What ? ”
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SureI said It s all right
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He rolled over sat on the edge ,
Of the bed and then
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So long Jake , ,
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he said . You ll Shake hands won t
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I m going away in the mo rning .
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Oh y es I said
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Oh yes I said,
I m all right ”
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remember d I had p r om i ed
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g n e s .
a club and they dragged him against the fence and stood
,
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back as the horn went in and the bull lif ted him and ,
and the crowd was through the gate and ihtO the ring
with the bu ls behind them The red door O f the ring
l .
The man who had been gored lay face down in the
could not see the man because the crowd was so thick
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Where ?
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Her e I pu t one hand on the sm all of my back
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Badly cogido throu gh the back he said He pu t ,
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Right through the back A cornada right through the
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back For fun yo u understand
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shook his head Muerto he called
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You hear ? Muerto Dead He s dead With a horn
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It s bad
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year after h e twas married The n ext day his wife came .
behind the men who carried the coffin walked the wife
gage car o f the trai n and the widow and the two chil
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of the plateau and out into the fields of grain that blew
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I heard them y ell .
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That was Edna Bill said , .
body over .
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The steers took them m in the end Mike said , ,
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It took about an hour .
jec te d .
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Where s that beer ? Mike asked .
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I said it wo u ldn t be fair to my credi tors Mike
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What a morning Bill said And what a night !
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Sore I said ,
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Bill laughed .
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Why didn t you hit him with a chair ?
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You can talk Mike sai d He d hav e knocked you
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ou t too
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I nev er sawhim hit m e I rather think I saw
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TH E SUN ALS O RISE S h og
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Where did he go afterward ? I asked .
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Here sh e is Mike said ,
Here s the beau tiful lady .
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with th e beer ”
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N ow bring up three more bo ttles Mike said , .
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Wheredid Cohn go after he hit me ? I asked Bill .
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Don t yo u know about that ? Mike was opening a
beer bo ttle He poured t h e beer into on e of the gl asses
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Really ? Bill asked .
Why he went in and found Brett and the bull figh ter -
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Yes .
S cen e .
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He took a long drink of the beer .
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He is an ass .
What happened ?
Brett gave him what fo r She told hi m O E I . .
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shake hands with Brett too ,
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I kn ow He Shook hands with me
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Did be ? Well they werent hav in g an y of it The
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21 0 THE S UN AL S O . RISES
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Where did you hear all this ?
Brett I saw her this morning . .
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What happen ed fin ally ?
It seems the bull figh ter fellow was Sitting on the
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SO yo u won t hit me ?
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I d be ashamed to
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No said Cohn ,
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So the bull figh ter fellow hit him just as hard as he-
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ll
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him h e d kill him and
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he d ki him anyway this mornin g ,
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had told him Off and he wanted to shake hands I ve ,
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Tell the rest Bill said ,
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It seems the bull figh ter chap was Sitting on th - e
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hands and Cohn was cr ying and telling her how much
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face again .
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I m going in the room Try and get a little sleep
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We go too long ithout Sleep in these fiestas I m .
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We ll see yo u at noon at the Ir u ria Bill said
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Br ing up half a dozen bo ttles O f beer and a bottle
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of Fundador Mike told her
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Si Senorito
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nasty .
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I know the story .
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t Mike .
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That s what m akes it bad .
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as anybody ring ?
I don t think ’
A m an the ru nway .
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Yes Bill said
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He hired a car . , .
Good beer .
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I heard Cohn had hurt you Jake Brett said , , .
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NO Knocked me out That was all
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I say he did hurt Pedro Romer o Brett said
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D oes he look badly ?
p p
o out and see you chaps for a minute .
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I s he going to fight ?
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Rathen I m going with you if you don t mind
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How s friend ? Mike asked He had not .
Brett stood up
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I am n ot goin g to lis ten to that sort of rot from you
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So do I l
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They re g
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Is that San Fermin s ?
B rett looked at the yellow wall of the chapel .
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Yes Where the Show started on Sunday
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little fo r him o r something .
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Don t know why I get SO nervy in church Brett
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said . any
We walked along .
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I m d amned bad for a r eligious
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said I ve the ’
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You know B
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Goo d
I ish th e wind would drop though ,
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Let s hope ’
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Yo u might pray I laughed ,
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Oh r o t said Brett
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Maybe it works fo r som e
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Oh r o t said Brett Do n t S ’
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It was the first time I had seen her in the Old happy ,
ple eating .
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D O look after Mike B rett said Don t let him ,
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o
y ,u so .
y ou to
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say ?
NO m a am ’
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Good said Brett ,
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ISS madam eating here ?
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NO Brett said,
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Don t talk to him Brett said Mike must have ,
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been in bad shape she said on the stairs We passed ,
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I ll see yo u at the café Brett said Thank you
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so much Jake , .
Sh e .
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I stood in front of the door O f Mike s r oOm and kno cked .
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Ther e .
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NO I m quite warm.
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Don t go I have n t got ten to sleep yet
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You ll sleep Mike Don t worry boy
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Brett s got a bull figh ter Mike sai d
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But -
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. her
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Jew has gone away .
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D amned good thing what ? ,
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Yes Now go to sleep Mike You ought to get some
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,
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I m just start ing I m go in g to get a lit tle sleep
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paper .
“
See Mike ?
Yes .
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Let s go and eat .
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u p stairs
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He was snotty to us too ,
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There goes Bret t s lunch Bill said , .
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And the kid s I said
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I don t know ”
I wonder if they ever launder them .
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The blood must stiff en them Bill said , .
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Ho w on e doesn t
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mi
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Fun ny Brett said
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. nd the
high doorway that led into th e corrals the bull figh ter s ,
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Here ou ld yo u lik e to look ?
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I loo ked thro ugh the glasses and saw the three matal
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looked ahead his face wan an d yellow his long wolf jaw
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Here take them she said
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ing like lances Behind all came the two trains of mules
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Spread it ou t in front of ydu I said
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He doe sn t want you to spread I t he said
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He feels very badly Brett said , . He should be in
the bull and the terrain of the bull figh ter As long as a -
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to see Belmonte to be given tragic sen sations and per
, ,
legend grew up about how his bull figh ting had been -
achden ce Of bull -
figh tin g, and he knew that the
sin cer ity
o f his own bull -
figh tin g would be SO se t O ff by
the false
aesthetics O f the bull figh ter s of the decadent period that
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and when he felt the greatness again com ing just a little ,
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with the reins in his left hand walk ed the horse forward
toward the bull The hu ll was watch ing Seemin gly he
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the bull s eye The bull charged with the reflex charged
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, ,
and found not the flash of color but a whi te horse and a ,
man leaned far over the horse shot the steel point Of ,
, ,
ver onica that turned his back on the bull and came
see well After the first two passes with the cape R o
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Why don t they change him ? Brett asked .
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They ve paid for him They don t want to lose their
.
m on ey .
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It s har dly f ai r to Romero
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colo r .
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It s the sort of thing I don t like to s ee
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body and would start for it and then shift the bull s
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There he goes Bill said ,
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Bad on e said the sword handler
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He mad e me sweat said Romero ,
. He wiped off
knith Cohn had n o t touched his spir it but his face had
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been sm ash ed an d his body hur t He was wiping all .
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that ou t n ow Each thi n g that he did with this bull
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not want the bull killed yet they did not want it to be ,
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figh tin g All the passes he linked up all complet ed all
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Romero waited for the charge the muleta held low sight , ,
ing along the blade his feet firm Then without takin g ,
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and drove a short knife into the bull s neck at the base ’
f
.
us He
. leaned up against the barrera and gave the ear
to Brett He nodded his head and smiled The cr owd
. .
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Don t get bloody Romero said and grinned The
’
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were all around him trying to lift him and put him on '
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Sure ,
I said . I d believe anything
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. Including
”
Low as hell .
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feel lik e hell I said ,
.
m “
Drink it slow ,
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Ho w do you feel ?
I feel like hell .
Have a nother ?
“
It won t do any good ’
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gets it Hey waiter ! Another absinthe for this senor l
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cloudy mixture .
“
H o w is it ?
”
”
Fine .
sick .
”
I feel tight .
That s what you w
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anted wasn t it ? ,
’
”
Well I m tight Is that what yo u want ?
,
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Sit down .
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I won t sit down I said
’ I m going over to the ,
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hotel .
“ ” “ ”
Jake he said,
Come in Jake .
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Brett you know She s gone off with the bull
,
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fighter chap .
N0 .
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on the seven o cl ock train .
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Did they ?
“
Bad thing to do Mike said She shouldn t hav e ,
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done it .
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No .
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Yes I said I m blind
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Jak
I went ou t the door and i n to my own room and la) ‘
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He s blind as a tick Mik e said They went out
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Here he is ! said B ill Good old .
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o u wouldn t pass out
y .
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Hello you old drunk Mike said
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I got hungry and woke up .
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ish ed I woke about nine o clock had a bath dressed
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and went down stairs The squa r e was em pty and there
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Well he said it s all over
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Yes I said ,
When do you go ? .
to San Sebasti an .
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I want to get back .
TH E
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He s going to Saint Jean de Luz
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Let s get a car a n d all go as far as Bayonne You
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Go od Let s go after lunch
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All right I ll get the car
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What shall we do about the car ? Bill asked .
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Oh bother the car Mike said
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Let s just keep
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All righ t Bill said
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Wh ere shall we go ? .
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Let s go to Biarritz and have a drink
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Old Mike the spender Bill said ,
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That drink s mine Mike said
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Let s roll for it
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She hasn t any money with her ? I asked
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I shouldn t think so She n ever h as any money
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She gets five hundred quid a year and pays three hun
dred and fifty o f it in interest to
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I suppo se they get it at the source said Bill ,
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Well ,
Bill said ,
we might as well have another
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anywhere by discussing finances .
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No
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said B ill
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Bill and I rolled for the next two
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Anywhere you d like to go , Mike ? Bill asked .
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Fine I d like to see the coast Let s drive down
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towar d Hendaye .
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I haven t any credi t along the coast
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patch es o f forest and the ocean very blue with the tide
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car .
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Good bye you chaps Mike said
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It was a damned 3 ,
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fine fiesta .
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So long Mike Bill said, , .
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I ll see you around
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I said , .
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You can
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Don t worry about money Mike said , .
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pay for the car Jake an d I ll send you my share
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So long Mike ,
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So long fella , ,
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So long kid ! ,
Will yo u be in P ar is iqB
No I have to sail on the 1 7 th So long fella!
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wen t ahead with the bags I watched the train pull out . .
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H ow much do we owe y ou ? I asked the driver .
pesetas .
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Two hundred pesetas .
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How much more will it be if you dri v e me to Sh
Sebastian on your way back
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Fifty pesetas .
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Do n t kid me .
Thirty fiv e pesetas -
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It s n o t worth it I said Drive me to the Hotel , .
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Panier Fleur i .
The car was powdered with dust I rubbed the rod case .
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t with
ir ou gh fiestas for a while It would be quiet in .
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Well V ery well On e eats v ery well
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I would ever see him again I only wanted a few good
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SebaStiaII .
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and walked across the smooth sand to the sea The sand .
bor there was a whi te line of breakers and the open sea .
boy and girl were at the other end The girl had un « .
done the top strap of her bathing suit and was browning -
Café an d I sat out on the ter race and enjoyed the fresh
coolness in th e hot day and had a glass of lemon juice
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sat in front o f the Marinas for a long time and read and
watched the peo ple and listened to the music
, .
the ir train ers and managers They were all French and
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long table and there were many private jokes and som e
jok es at the far end that were no t repeated when the
girls asked to hear them The next morn ing at fiv e
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o clock the race resumed with the last lap San Sebastian
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The man who had a matter of two minu tes lead in the
race had an attack of boils which were v ery painful ,
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at six o clock less a quarter in the morning Would I
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mg .
their following cars had been on the road for three hours .
I had coff ee and the papers in bed and then dressed and
the line of trees along the promenade and the big hotels ,
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with their white porches and gold lettered names» Off -
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water On the other side of th e narrow gap th at led into
.
After I was dressed and had paid for the bath cabin I -
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A telegram for you Sir ,
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p robably .
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What time is there a train for Madrid ?
It left a t nine this morning There is a Slow train at .
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eleven and the Sud Ex p ress at ten to night
,
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Get me a berth on the Sud Express D o you want .
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Just as y o u wish he said I will have it put
,
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the bill .
D o th at .
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B ring me a telegram form please ,
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He brought it and I took out my fountain pen and -
LA D Y A SHLEY
HOTEL MO N TAN A M AD RID
ARR IV IN G SUD E! P RE SS TOM ORRO L O VE
JA K E .
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It is v ery hot .
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Good I said , You see It is as I said
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Clearly .
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Hello sai d Brett
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Is it you Jake ? .
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It s me .
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Come in Come in . .
was in bed She had just been brushing her hair and
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held the brush in her hand The room was in that dis .
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Tell me about it .
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him go .
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Why didn t you keep him ?
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I don t know It isn t the sort of thing o n e d oes I
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don t think I hurt him any
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N0 .
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Oh hell ! She said
, ,
let s not talk
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out it
ab . Let s’
All right .
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What happened ?
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Oh he go t over that He wasn t ashamed of me ’ ‘
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E ng .
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What was it about being in trouble ?
I didn t know whether I could make him go and I
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didn t have a sou to go away and leav e him He tried .
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money you know ,
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No .
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Yes .
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He wanted to marry me fin ally
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Really ?
Of course I can t even marry Mike .
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N o It wasn t that He really want ed to marry me
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Gotten more womanly o f course ,
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You ought to feel set up .
N w
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m
Good .
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Oh he d have gotten used to that
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to be one
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Don t let s ever talk ab out it Please don t let s ev e r
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talk about it .
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D ear Brett .
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The barman went far enough up the bar so that he
would n o t hear ou r conversation Brett had sipped from .
first Sip .
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They re all nice bars ’
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You know I didn t believe it at first He was born
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As they were before sir ? ,
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They were very good Brett smiled at him . .
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Thank you ma am ,
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Well bung o Brett said,
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B u ng o -
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You know Brett said he d only been with two , ,
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fighting .
H e s go t plenty o f time
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in general .
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Well it was you ,
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Yes It was me . .
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You ll lose it if yo u talk about it
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good Jake
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You Should
wg ou kno ”y makes one feel rather good decidin g no t
t ab s a bitch
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Yes .
It’ gsof
o nwhat we have instead of God .
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Quite
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Some people have God I sai d a lot ,
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He never worked very well with me .
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Should we have another Martin i ?
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Where will we have lunch ? I asked Brett The .
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called Bo tin s ? I asked the barman
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Yes Sir Would you like to have me write out the
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address ?
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Thank you .
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How do yo u feel Jake ? Brett asked M y God ! ,
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what a meal you ve eaten ’
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I feel fine Do you want a desse rt ?
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Lord n o ,
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You like to eat don t you ? Sh e said ,
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Yes I said
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I like to do a lot of things
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What do you like to do ?
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Oh I said I like to do a lo t of things Don t you
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want a dessert ?
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You asked me that once Brett said , .
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Yes I said
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So I did Let s have another bottle
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of r ioj a alta .
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It s very good
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Yo u haven t drunk much of it I said
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I have Yo u haven t seen .
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Don t get dru nk Jake sh e said
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Yo u don t have , ,
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H ow do you know ?
”
Don t She said ’
You ll be all right
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I m n o t getting dr unk I said
’
I m just dr inking ’
a little w
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,
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Don t ge t drunk sh e said
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Jake don t get drunk ,
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,
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Want to go for a ride ? I said Want to ride .
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through the town ?
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Right B r ett said ,
I haven t seen M adrid I .
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I ll finish this I said
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W
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