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Experiments in Convalescence

           "I’msorry.Ithoughtourrelationshadbeenquiteahpleasant.Youseemedtobeahardworkeralittleinclinedperhapstowritefancycopy"

           "Ijustgottiredofit,"interruptedAmoryrudely."Itdidn’tmatteradamntomewhetherHarebell’sflourwasanybetterthananyoneelse’s.Infact,Ineverateanyofit.SoIgottiredoftellingpeopleaboutitoh,IknowI’vebeendrinking"

           Mr.Barlow’sfacesteeledbyseveralingotsofexpression.

           "Youaskedforaposition"

           Amorywavedhimtosilence.

           "AndIthinkIwasrottenlyunderpaid.Thirty-fivedollarsaweeklessthanagoodcarpenter."

           "Youhadjuststarted.You’dneverworkedbefore,"saidMr.Barlowcoolly.

           "ButittookabouttenthousanddollarstoeducatemewhereIcouldwriteyourdarnedstuffforyou.Anyway,asfaraslengthofservicegoes,you’vegotstenographershereyou’vepaidfifteenaweekforfiveyears."

           "I’mnotgoingtoarguewithyou,sir,"saidMr.Barlowrising.

           "NeitheramI.IjustwantedtotellyouI’mquitting."

           TheystoodforamomentlookingateachotherimpassivelyandthenAmoryturnedandlefttheoffice.

           ALITTLELULL

           Fourdaysafterthathereturnedatlasttotheapartment.TomwasengagedonabookreviewforTheNewDemocracyonthestaffofwhichhewasemployed.Theyregardedeachotherforamomentinsilence.

           "Well?"

           "Well?"

           "GoodLord,Amory,where’dyougettheblackeyeandthejaw?"

           Amorylaughed.

           "That’samerenothing."

           Hepeeledoffhiscoatandbaredhisshoulders.

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