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"Thereain'tanythingtodonow。"
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"IbettergobadseeGee,"Nicksaid。
"Solong,"saidOleAlooktowardNick。"Thanksfaround。"
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"He'sbeeninhisroomallday,"thelandladysaiddownstairs。"Iguesshedon'tfeelwell。Isaidtohim:'Mr。Andreson,yououghttogooutandtakeawalkonanicefalldaylikethis,'buthedidn'tfeellikeit。"
"Hedoesn'twanttogoout。"
"I'msorryhedon'tfeelwell,"thewomansaid。"He'sanawfullyni。Hewasinthering,youknow。"
"Iknowit。"
"You'dexthewayhisfaaalkingjustidoor。"He'sjustasge;
"Well,goodnight,Mrs。Hirsicksaid。
"I'mnotMrs。Hirsansaid。"Sheownstheplace。Ijustlookafteritforher。I'mMrs。Bell。"
"Well,goodnight,Mrs。Bell,"Nicksaid。
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hedarkstreettothedertheardthenalorap;apos;seatinghewasinside,backoftheter。
"DidyouseeOle?"
"Yes,"saidNip;apos;sinhisroomandheos;tgoout。"
TheedthedoorfromthekitheheardNick'svoice。
"Idon'teve,"hesaidandshutthedoor。
"Didyoutellhimaboutit?&queasked。
"Sure。Itoldhimbuthekno;apos;sallabout。"
"os;shegoingtodo?"
"Nothing。"
"They'llkillhim。"
"Iguesstheywill。"
"HemusthavegotmixedupihinginChicago。"
"Iguessso,"saidNick。
"It'sahellofathing。"
"It'sanawfulthing,"Nicksaid。
&sayanything。Geereaforatoedtheter。
"Iwohedid?"Nicksaid。
"Double-ebody。That'swhattheykillthemfor。"
"I'mgoiofthistown,"Nicksaid。
"Yes,"saidGee。"That'sagoodthingtodo。"
"I'tstandtothinkabouthimwaitingintheroomandknoos;sgoi'stoodamnedawful。"
"Well,"saidGee,"youbetternotthinkaboutit。"