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    Pransforming an old armory in a rundoo a sc ordered tractor to rip out and replace six t of expensive case?ment  on t  alloo bid t because t make a performance bond. Or, old  could  of Louis Katen into t of bending doo c for oil traces after ime.

    tied neatly to tailpipe. t truck draped in remely ; a sergeant told er truck. Simon urned to one of ners and given ical,  in fourteen years. In reality, it  t t of listening to e.

    ick a 9D battery in Simons ear and ernately, a garbage truck. imes go togeto t te  to ced engine side tore ing, and inside four or five tall -ss  o put in tti sauce. quot;Im up to ; Sy  Italian sausage. ticed, appeared strong and trust.  tion, er Veronica, or Dore, ;Dont be jealous, Simon.quot; ter a pause, quot;ere not ; Did s too young or rat?  in  many exciting fires .

    Bridges s be painted blue, Simon t, te, , er still, eel ty,  knoudent ted a project to redo Rockefeller Center in pickled pine. ead of a tie, most sportif.

    o be on tele?vision for five elevision people, young men anding around ing for o get dressed and proceed to tudio. t t  racted to do. tes in anotting dressed,  jacket and Simon struggled against it as ted t time imes, eacime ion -- television people became un?friendly and began making supercilious remarks.  ill salvage tuation if  to tes rested in a manila folder. Yes, e, but tes e to be sure but enougo alloriped jacket, wood, wrong --

    quot;SIMON, youre famous!quot; Veronica says. Secture.

    quot;You sa;

    quot;Looks beautiful. Big building.quot;

    quot;Four million somet;

    quot;Its got a very fancy outside.quot;

    quot;Some of ts fiberglass. e o take molds to reproduce a lot of tals, t stuff on top of t drives you crazy because youve got to add a fire-retardant to t and t can crying to matc?ing building.quot;

    quot;Do arcects make a lot of money?quot;

    quot;You can go broke,quot; ;You can do very ime you put into a job, tners kept me solvent.quot;

    quot;s it feel like to be famous?quot;

    quot;Feels very muc being famous.quot;

    quot;Are you going to fall in love ;

    Shes serious.

    quot;?quot;

    quot;It could all come to not; she says.

    tting at tc of ts getting hinks.

    quot;Youre y-t;

    quot;Yes.quot;

    quot;ts pretty old.quot;

    quot;And life is s.quot;

    quot;; Veronica says, quot;ted to tnam. tures, every year, of test bunc;

    quot;Yes. More or less.quot;

    quot;I  so bad,  so great. e used to screo ;

    quot;Every damn morning?quot;

    quot;ell not every morning Simon dont be so literal-minded.quot;

    quot;In t t; Simon says. quot;I kne somet before.quot;

    quot;Like ;

    quot;A fig;

    quot;You couldnt remember?quot;

    quot;I  in t;

    quot;Are you a good cook?quot;

    quot;Getting ten years.quot;

    quot;Look! In t;

    A silver blimp, tically al.

    quot; married,quot; s;I married to get a priest to do t and explained tuation. I said I  a Cat says, ell, . told ill married to anoto before I met t says, ell, . So I just t Id tell  I  a vagina, t I just  of marble insert o see if . quot;