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Amory, Son of Beatrice
ForthoseminutescourageflowedlikewineoutoftheNovemberdusk,andhewastheeternalhero,onewiththesea-roverontheprowofaNorsegalley,onewithRolandandHoratius,SirNigelandTedCoy,scrapedandstrippedintotrimandthenflungbyhisownwillintothebreach,beatingbackthetide,hearingfromafarthethunderofcheers...finallybruisedandweary,butstillelusive,circlinganend,twisting,changingpace,straight-arming...fallingbehindtheGrotongoalwithtwomenonhislegs,intheonlytouchdownofthegame.
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Fromthescoffingsuperiorityofsixth-formyearandsuccessAmorylookedbackwithcynicalwonderonhisstatusoftheyearbefore.HewaschangedascompletelyasAmoryBlainecouldeverbechanged.AmoryplusBeatriceplustwoyearsinMinneapolis—thesehadbeenhisingredientswhenheenteredSt.Regis’.ButtheMinneapolisyearswerenotathickenoughoverlaytoconcealthe"AmoryplusBeatrice"fromtheferretingeyesofaboarding-school,soSt.Regis’hadverypainfullydrilledBeatriceoutofhim,andbeguntolaydownnewandmoreconventionalplankingonthefundamentalAmory.ButbothSt.Regis’andAmorywereunconsciousofthefactthatthisfundamentalAmoryhadnotinhimselfchanged.Thosequalitiesforwhichhehadsuffered,hismoodiness,histendencytopose,hislaziness,andhisloveofplayingthefool,werenowtakenasamatterofcourse,recognizedeccentricitiesinastarquarter-back,acleveractor,andtheeditoroftheSt.
