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           AmoryandFrogParkerconsideredthatthegreatestlineinliteratureoccurredinActIIIof"ArseneLupin."

           TheysatinthefirstrowattheWednesdayandSaturdaymatinees.Thelinewas:

           "Ifonecan’tbeagreatartistoragreatsoldier,thenextbestthingistobeagreatcriminal."

           Amoryfellinloveagain,andwroteapoem.Thiswasit:

           "MarylynandSallee,

           Thosearethegirlsforme.

           Marylynstandsabove

           Salleeinthatsweet,deeplove."

           HewasinterestedinwhetherMcGovernofMinnesotawouldmakethefirstorsecondAll-American,howtodothecard-pass,howtodothecoin-pass,chameleonties,howbabieswereborn,andwhetherThree-fingeredBrownwasreallyabetterpitcherthanChristieMathewson.

           Amongotherthingsheread:"FortheHonoroftheSchool,""LittleWomen"(twice),"TheCommonLaw,""Sapho,""DangerousDanMcGrew,""TheBroadHighway"(threetimes),"TheFalloftheHouseofUsher,""ThreeWeeks,""MaryWare,theLittleColonel’sChum,""GungaDin,"ThePoliceGazette,andJim-JamJems.

           HehadalltheHentybiassesinhistory,andwasparticularlyfondofthecheerfulmurderstoriesofMaryRobertsRinehart.

           SchoolruinedhisFrenchandgavehimadistasteforstandardauthors.Hismastersconsideredhimidle,unreliableandsuperficiallyclever.

           Hecollectedlocksofhairfrommanygirls.Heworetheringsofseveral.Finallyhecouldborrownomorerings,owingtohisnervoushabitofchewingthemoutofshape.This,itseemed,usuallyarousedthejealoussuspicionsofthenextborrower.