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Chapter 1

           Andyetwhenadrunkenmanwho,forsomeunknownreason,wasbeingtakensomewhereinahugewaggondraggedbyaheavydrayhorse,suddenlyshoutedathimashedrovepast:“Heythere,Germanhatter”bawlingatthetopofhisvoiceandpointingathimtheyoungmanstoppedsuddenlyandclutchedtremulouslyathishat.ItwasatallroundhatfromZimmerman’s,butcompletelywornout,rustywithage,alltornandbespattered,brimlessandbentononesideinamostunseemlyfashion.Notshame,however,butquiteanotherfeelingakintoterrorhadovertakenhim.

           “Iknewit,”hemutteredinconfusion,“Ithoughtso!That’stheworstofall!Why,astupidthinglikethis,themosttrivialdetailmightspoilthewholeplan.Yes,myhatistoonoticeable....Itlooksabsurdandthatmakesitnoticeable....WithmyragsIoughttowearacap,anysortofoldpancake,butnotthisgrotesquething.Nobodywearssuchahat,itwouldbenoticedamileoff,itwouldberemembered....Whatmattersisthatpeoplewouldrememberit,andthatwouldgivethemaclue.Forthisbusinessoneshouldbeaslittleconspicuousaspossible....Trifles,triflesarewhatmatter!Why,it’sjustsuchtriflesthatalwaysruineverything....”

           Hehadnotfartogo;heknewindeedhowmanystepsitwasfromthegateofhislodginghouse:exactlysevenhundredandthirty.Hehadcountedthemoncewhenhehadbeenlostindreams.Atthetimehehadputnofaithinthosedreamsandwasonlytantalisinghimselfbytheirhideousbutdaringrecklessness.

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