15/03/2026 16:37

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Don't you know no better'n to git in a fight over a goddam whore? she was saying in his ear. It's a great life . You don't need to. When he actual y got the third mate's license and showed it to Del, they were both of them pretty tickled.

Usually that's true. He looked at me with stolid dislike--the instinctivemistrust of a native for an interloper, per-haps--and I realized I knewhim, too. Honest to God. I apologize about calling in thefirst place--it's a presumption.