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Chapter 31

           NotsincewithJoe,atShellyHotSprings,withtheoneexceptionofthewinehetookwiththePortuguesegrocer,hadMartinhadadrinkatapublicbar. Mentalexhaustiondidnotproduceacravingforliquorsuchasphysicalexhaustiondid,andhehadfeltnoneedforit. Butjustnowhefeltdesireforthedrink,or,rather,fortheatmospherewhereindrinksweredispensedanddisposedof. SuchaplacewastheGrotto,whereBrissendenandheloungedincapaciousleatherchairsanddrankScotchandsoda. 

           Theytalked. Theytalkedaboutmanythings,andnowBrissendenandnowMartintookturninorderingScotchandsoda. Martin,whowasextremelystrong-headed,marvelledattheother’scapacityforliquor,andeverandanonbrokeofftomarvelattheother’sconversation. HewasnotlonginassumingthatBrissendenkneweverything,andindecidingthatherewasthesecondintellectualmanhehadmet. ButhenotedthatBrissendenhadwhatProfessorCaldwelllackednamely,fire,theflashinginsightandperception,theflaminguncontrolofgenius. Livinglanguageflowedfromhim. 

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