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J i and tells teUs the drii drh drat er or to Co take her where sbe she sbed shed she4 d rects reels Mrs IIIrs Folso ne ! , phones hones and asks asksU asksUthe asksU U Uthe the ( he Invitations InvltatJon 1nvltationS are deliveredCHAPTER dchTered del.lvered dellvered delivered . - ' , CHArTER CHAPTER IIIBut 111 III ' But Paul s face was shiny shmy too tooand tooand tooI'and tooIand ' and his lus eyes \ were \ ere angry and obb'1 obby ob > iiv b'1 b1 by ' ous She backed into mto the e room roomi . + j . gs 85 ss he entered hop ng he w \ ould take takeher ' m . her in m an his hJS arms and make lo\ lo 10\ 10 lot loe 10e \ e a to toher tober to'her toher ' her ber a little But Paul Paw \ was as too pi pie piet pieoccup e etOCCUp t tOCCUp eccup ed There was a sheif she.f shef shelf . of yet yetto > ) el ello 10 to T v paper rolled up in m h shand shandI s hand handI I can onl onlj only ) stop a moment he hea < a d vigorously What a night rught ' ' I Ie tospent \e e to \ espent . spent m mi m3 ) t me trying trymg to wheedlethat wheedle that hat ' ! old pest into mto taking takmg a plane'II planewest plane nest west 'II II ' est But he s got another of his bls hisobsessions . ( ) obsessions bses < lons He s on his ills illsay \ way \\ay ay \ back backto backto backto to the Islands and some publ pubi sherwhose sher " , whose hose mot\ mot moti\es moti es motes motiies ! \ es or mental processesarc processesare processes are certainly certamly worth looking lookmg into mto hassold hassold has ' sold h m on the idea that his hfewould ] life hfe tie tiewould would make -wonderful wonderful awonderful \\onderlul onderlul aonderlul a \ - book books booksPaul ' Paul s expression was so dour that thatZorle thatZorie thatA I IPaul -Zorle Zorle - , ! Zone Zorie laughed Wouldn tit t it it7 ' sbe she sbeI sheasked shetasked I asked From what you ve ye told me meJabout meJ ,1 1 , Jabout about it his life hfe has been a\\ a awfully afully awfullycolorful \ fully > ' J colorfulJ colorfulYou colorlulII colorful colorlul You don dont t understand Paul Paulsaid Paulsaid PaulMaid II IIYou said He s picked on me to help help111m helpWhim helpflam Whim 111m write wnte It itsYou if its ifYou ' You Zone gasped She hadt hadworked had hadttorked t , ' -ttorked ttorked worked - orked of Paul on enough s compo compoa compos a s tions hons bons to know his literary shortcommgs shortcomings short comings commgs comingsYes commgsYes Yes sa d Paul savagely Me ' 11 < ( 3 I loathe the story of his l life e ' I wasweaned was $ ' weaned on it I cut my teeth on it ' 1 I grew up on it ' I m a problemchild problemchild problem * child -child - because of itPaul it itPaul ! Pawas Paul Paw was \\as as \ pac ng up and down do\\n do n \ the thesmall thesmall thesmall ( small roomeavmg room \ weaving \\eavmg eavmg his way adrOit- adrOit adrOit1y adroitly adroit-ly adroit ly - - ( 1y ly among tables and chairs and andbrandlshmg andbrandishing andbrandishing brandlshmg brandishing the yellow scroll as if Itv itwere it ttere were v . ere a swordHe swordHe sword swordHe Hehlrled He \ whirled \\hlrled hlrled on her Did I ever ever"tell evertell ever"tell evertell "tell tell " " ) sou Lou ou thp thf the ' story of how he be helpedGeorge helped'George helped George -George 'George - ' Dewey wm win the Battle of Ma MalI'11la Mariila Manila lI'11la lI11la riila ' Bay-how Bay how Bay - how he ran in m under the thevery thevery thevery very guns of Ca\ite Ca ite Ca\lte lte Caiite \ and let the tor torpedoes torgedoes torpedoes pedoes gedoes goyYou go go7 goy go7You ' You ne\ ne net neer \ er mentioned that Zone Zonemurmured Zonesnurmured Zone'murmured Zonemurmured Zone'murmuredPaul murmured snurmured ' murmuredPaul snurmuredPaul Paul stopped again agam facing facmg herVJth herwith her with \VJth VJth " \ b h s mouth twisted into mto ary awry awrygrimace a \\ry ry \ wrygrimace ryttrunace ttrunace grimace his hands spread fingered fingeredshrugged fingeredk-shrugged fingeredk shrugged 'Shrugged Shrugged ' - up m a gesture of coml coma comacal comifC3\ comifC3 comifC3hopelessness , cal < : al , \ hopelessnessI hopelessness I tell you darling darlmg I m a des desAerate desaerate 1 > Aerate erate manZOrle manZone man manZone Zone ZOrle s smile sm1le was made up largely largelyof -of of - compass on Do you want meto me to 10 take h him lum m off your hands while whileyou whileyou whileyou you \ work ark on your } ) OUT our d sserta sserlataon7 ssertation hon ? 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And I have to tobe tobe tobe be awfully careful with wlth him He s sbeen sbeen sbeen been dropp ng vague references all allevenmg allevenmg allevening evenmg to drawing dra\\mg dra mg \ a new will when when21e whenbe whenhe 21e be hits Honolulu It If I don t watch watchmy watchmy watchmy my step he m ght even cut me off offDo offDo off"Do offDo Do " you see now why I m des desperate desperatev desperate7 desperate7I perate peratev : ? peratevI I see Zorie Zorle Zone murmured Shewanted Shewanted She wanted to say that in her humble humbleop humbleop humbleop -op op - n on his taking takmg a job and work work'lng working working 'lng lng ing ' up on a sugar plantation in m Hawa Hawa Ha wa 1 I f sounded mfln mtln mfin tely more attrac attracthe attract 1 the ve to her than his go ng.on ngon ng . on and andbecommg andbecoming andbecommg becommg becoming a professor of psychology psychologybut but she wisely refrained reframed Where IS ISIe isbe ishe Ie be ! now now7 ? 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Very 'Very ' ' well Zone sa d subm s s81vely ssively ssively 81vely sively It meant mcant she"ould she \ would \"ould "ould ould " have to tostay tostay tostay stay copyboth up most of the night to copy both papers He must know it meant that meantthat because he must know she sheowd sheWould shewould \\owd owd Would \ not let Jimmy Hoffbro\\er Hoffbro er Hoffbrower \ Hoffbrowerdown Hoffbroerdown down downPaul HoffbrowerdownPaul Paul kissed her quickly and mean inglessly inglesslyon meanInglessly on the mouth and opened openedwe openedthe the peachdarling peachdarhng peachdarlmg door You re rc certainly certamly a peach darhng darlmg he saIdHth said \ with \Hth Hth the e11'uslve e11uslve effusive e11'uslveness effusiveness effusivecess ' ness of a rnin m.n mn min . who has got his way wayand wayand wayand and is happy because you have come cometo cometo cometo to heel heelWith With his head turned he was look lookmg looking looking mg ing at herillms her \ whims \\illms illms call } ) You know knowZone knowZorle Zorle Zone you d be the ideal person for fortl1at forthat forteat tl1at that job lob jobWhat JobWhat lobWhat What Job lob job7 job7Working ? ' Working Workmg with the admiral on his hismemoirs hismemoirs hismemoirs hismemoirsI7 memoirs memoirsI I I7 ' she wailed watled Don t be s lly fly llyDon flyDon UyDon Don t be so modest darl dart ng You You'lrtually Youtirtually You\ You Youirtually irtually 'lrtually lrtually tirtually \ ' ghosted Ferguson s book on onecon onecon onecon econ for h m and the amount ot of otong oforig ofongnal ong orig nal stud stuI stuff ! you } ) ou write wnte into mto thcse these thcsepapers thesepapers thesepapers papers you copy often saves themPaul themPaul them themPaul Paul \ was as grinning grmnmg at her Sure Sureyou Sureyou Sureyou you would he tcised tc.sed tcsed teased . her He d dstorm dstorm dstorm storm up and down d dating ctatmg that thatgarbage thatgarbage thatgarbage garbage to you and you d just Sit Sitthere sitthere sitthere there m your ) our sweet meek way andt and t 1 1 1ru ru 4 e . ! 9 9r r . t 9 9a 9v a v C Ce Cy e y YV YVr YVf r f . 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Is tills this tillsnearly thisnearly thisnearly nearly so important as raising ralsmg thIS thISsugar thissugar thissugar sugar that I m putting puttmg mto into my cof coffee coffee cottee7 fee ' It certainly certamly wasn t to her herStartmg herStarting herStarting Startmg Starting m on the old fam family y piantataon planta pianta plantabon plantation bon taon as a cut cane luna-whatever luna whatever lunawhatevera luna - whatevera a cut cane canc luna was and did-sound did sound didsounded did - sounded ed much more excitmg excltmg exciting and worth worthwhlle worthwhile worthwhile whlle while bothering bothermg your head over than thanintellectual thanintellectual thanIntellectual intellectual differences dltIerences between nor normal normal normal mal paret c and schlzophremc schizophrenic schlzophremcadults schizophrenicadults schizophrenicadults schizophrenicadultsAt adults adultsAt At a httle lIttle before four the door doorbell doorbell doorbell bell rang again agam It startled her hereven hereven hereven even though she was occas on onally onallycalled onallycalled ally allycalled called to the telephone or to the door doorby doorby doorby by a student or an instructor at atsome atsome atsome some such scandalous hour to have havesomethmg havesomething havesomething somethmg something copied copiedA A pang shot through the small of ofher ofher ofher her back as she got up from the thetypewnter thetypewriter thetypewriter typewnter typewriter She was so tired she sheI shestaggered shestaggered shestaggered I staggered Her hands felt numb her herlegs herlegs , legs ached and her neck was stiffThe stiff stiffThe ' The bell rang in m long urgent urgentpea urgentpeals urgentpeals urgentpealsShe pea peals pealsShe I IShe She opened the door A th n tall tallold tallold tallold old man with a furroved furro ved red face facechma facechina facechina chma china blue eyes and curly snow snowwhite snowwhite snowwhite white hair stood on the doormat doormatstill doormatstill doormatstill still jabbing jabbmg with his st at ck at the thedoor thedoor thedoor door button He wore no hat He Hehad Hehad Hehad had an air of eagerness and |