The talked-about is always the last to hear the talk . . .
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I'm bad, he said, pouting--been bad all the week don't sleep at night. The doctor can't tell why. He's a clever fellow, or I shouldn't have him, but I get nothing out of him but bills.
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He woke at half-past two, an hour which long experience had taught him brings panic intensity to all awkward thoughts. Experience had also taught him that a further waking at the proper hour of eight showed the folly of such panic.
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If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one.
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. . . early morning does not mince words . . .
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