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I know them all by name, they all knowme. For that reason, if fornothing else,
you ought not to do it.
Come here, Howard, he said quietly,without moving from
his arched position.
My dearboy, thats what I want you to tell me. And whenyou
meet someone like Joel, it makes up for everything else,doesnt it?
If
everyonewere like you, life would be heaven! He is reallyone of the loveliest,
sweetest people that ever lived. My dearboy, thats what I want you to tell
me.
But I should think you would find all that dreadfully boring.
I could never
learn to do that: its a regular circusstunt. And the kind of person she was
wasunbelievably good and beautiful. But youve really gotto practise every
day.
Joel whispered, his face still radiant withits gleeful merriment.
Yes, she
cried in a rich, enthusiastic tone, and I love it.
Hes terribly rich: one of
the richest young men in theworld. But you get used to it if you do itevery
day! Mother and I lived there for twoyears before I came out.
Joel, she
saidquietly, youll be in to see me, of course, before you turn in.
It would
have been astonishing if I had notdone it. You see, she said simply, this is my
home.
Oh, youll LOVE him when you get to know him, the girl saidearnestly.
Pierce cried out sharply and warningly, yet notwith reproof so much as with
apprehension. Socrates found that mans highest duty was obedience to
hiscountrys laws. But youve really gotto practise every day.
Joel tells me that
you like to stay up all night and prowlaround.
Pierces voice was now tinged
with cool and mild surprise.
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