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    kind of ani?mal ifies ation for  best. Neglected by to industry: no Ford Giraffes on too en commented upon, and a pe?culiar gait, sort of a shamble.

    s a call from his wife, Carol, in Philadelphia.

    quot;You  paid t; s;On eit stopped by a cop yesterday and  t;

    quot;d you get stopped for?quot;

    quot;taillig;

    quot;Call Bud at tell o take care of it,quot; Simon says. quot; all t;

    quot;Considering o, Im rea?sonably sane. t mucter t it ;

    quot;tself a plan,quot; Simon says. quot;;

    quot;Sory.quot;

    quot;Oory?quot;

    quot;to e papers.quot;

    quot;Sing papers.quot;

    quot;Sypeer.quot;

    quot;Buy ypeer.quot;

    quot;Simon, Ive got oto do. Ill give  I cant futz around sype?ers.quot;

    quot;Okay, fine. Is s;

    quot;S ;

    quot;;

    quot;Very Brit.  are you doing?quot;

    quot;Reading. alking around.quot;

    quot;Cail.quot;

    quot;No Im not c;

    quot;It  a sociological observation. I dont care.quot;

    quot;I kno.quot;

    quot;Keep in touc;

    quot;I ;

    quot;Your bad brot; Simon says to Dore. quot;;

    quot;Noty-to t. ion noo deal.  calculating en  people up. .quot;

    S an empty wineglass. Simon pouring.

    quot;ually. ric car, eries t o be c  t alloteries to rec like gas engines recteries. tiny computer in t ole. ners up t money and ype   of t but ting for ;

    quot;Couldnt arted up again after  out?quot;

    quot; .  ried, drove ry?ing. ill trying.quot;

    quot;Bad luck.quot;

    quot;Yea could do ninety on too. My family is not exactly a blue-cfit.quot;

    Sakes  of ;You drink too muc;

    quot;Goddamnit ;

    quot;Id e to see your liver.quot;

    quot;Most unlikely t you ever ;

    quot;And I dont like it t ake all t;

    quot;Anyt;

    quot;Yes. t clean.quot;

    quot;So clean it.quot;

    quot;Its a matter of setting an example. Youre t;

    quot;s t mean?quot;

    quot;Big c;

    quot;Not ;

    quot;Im talking basic reality.quot;

    A: I sometimes t I mean, could  doesnt matter icularly. Just someting ad, maybe a quarter of a page, and I suddenly t, it migeresting to do t. Even to trying to bring Cuba douff uff in Central America. . . tly straig;; or somet, quot;aptitude for learning a foreign language is a plusquot; or somet, Ive al languages, and Im sitting t  look to tarting completely over in sometely netraction, a definite at?traction. Of course ty-five. I guess t them more malleable.

    Q: So, in the evenings or on weekends --

    A: Not every nigances. Sometimes my  to dinner celevision --

    Q: But in the main --

    A: It  t often. It was once in a while.

    Q: Adultery is a sin.

    A: It is classified as a sin, yes. Absolutely.

    Q: t says --

    A: I kno says. I . But.

    Q: But w?

    A: t is wrong.

    Q: Its wrong?

    A: Its wrong.

    Q: t?

    A: I dont knoranslation from tever, it may not even  knoainly do not pretend to sc my sense of tter is t t is an error.

    Q: ell if t rue it  of t it?

    A: take t.

    Q: old your wife?

    A: Yes, Carol knows.

    Q: ake it?

    A: ell, s. You could reason t it  to support t for tion of t and t of t to reason t o take an extremely narroable. Sold me t s  me, sed a suite of en or ty --

    Q:  did you say?

    A: I said, Go to it.

    Q: Myself, I t being just sort of a regular person, one , every little tion of cancer, no I dont  to go for my every-t s, o me to be a proper set of to . Last things.

    A: I dont t adultery. t an opinion, of course.

    Q: So  it, pursue --

    A: You t taggering concept, tting around  t t travelodge? I t.

    Q: ell  o t every particular instance,  sort of laid out the general prin?ciples --

    A: ed creatures wh a single pow?erful glance --

    Q: the eyes burn.

    A: they do.

    Q: t leaps.

    A: Like a terrapin.

    Q: Stupid youturns.

    A: Like icks falling out of a long-s closet.

    Q: Do you play?

    A: I did. Many years ago.

    Q: You find them in parks.

    A: Ive noticed t.

    Q: t in parks a lot. Especially wary bench. Shoulders raised, legs kick?ing --

    Penn, t master ?tering. Once ood being table and muttered for almost five minutes. tect oo intimidated to ask  ory old of Ka  , tro smen, ty of t for take a roll of tracing paper and go from board to board, leaving critiques of eacects  three principals.

    I love t,  Venturi, Complexity and Contradiction as a text. All t and ripes. Mic of all: quot;eal I leave a knife.quot; An appropriate iment. tecture labs at Penn i. quot;t of it.quot; quot;ects.quot; quot;to ;

    e under. as it golden? Conventionally described as golden. te bircained  do ion? Some people vote for black under t to Saint-Gaudens, about Renoir, quot;ter.quot; Dressed edly told ing in a male fantasy, in asies (taj Ma denied t  suc  y years.

    IN terryclot at t on talian rolls, green garlicked Krauterbutter, a quarter-pound of breast of veal. S, takes pride in varying t kidney ste, blueberry crepes and teak en biscuits. quot;t; Veronica says, quot;nicely done, but rying to kill us, or ;

    quot;try more pepper.quot;

    Still in s, sotles doion of times, Revco Gets $1.16 Billion Buyout Bid, troubled Farm Banks to Get Regulatory Aid, Jap?anese Setback on Cc o MtV (so seen minutes). to tuesday class, Investment Strategies for ties.

    quot; in?quot; Simon asks.

    quot;Im auditing,quot; s;I go early and get a seat. take t;

    quot;You getting anyt of it?quot;

    quot;You cant play unless you o play ill, its educational.quot;

    After class, o tares, on occasion, at tiful body at rest, face do miracles of ba can perform  tor quite una on to t does not. At nigs oget four Dickens novels in ions at trand and is moving t;t Dickens is,quot; sells ; ;

    quot;So?quot; Simon says.

    quot;I identify .quot;

    Late at nigs ening to horace Silver.

    quot;Youre t; he says.

    quot;Im not. Last among equals.quot;

    quot;Veronicas a ;

    quot;Sest.quot;

    quot;;

    Dore giggles. quot;e all ail outlet in Denver. It ;

    quot;Is t clot;

    quot;Yes. Clot;

    Dore knorick yle, moving from one very important assignment to t, a bit rus-to-us-noime in large organizations, understands e its brittle bouncy R.A.F. au?ty. Veronica das of confusion all lurco eacher as if blindfolded. Simon shambles.

    Veronica is often out on mysterious errands  upon.  is sries not to t ts none of   ing. Is saking a s as a blackjack dealer in Atlantic City? Loading container sc ties in a bucket sreet? ties o contemplate. Sers in a flurry, arv?ing. Simon plops a stuffed pork ce, ice alking about life after death.

    quot;No ; Anne says, quot;do I  to live after deats  is.quot;

    quot;But youre not close to t,quot; says Dore. quot;t near. ly.quot;

    quot;I doubt it. An eternity of keeping ts tidy? No t;

    quot;t place. ts not it. t place. ts not it.  is it, Simon?quot;

    quot;Dont kno;

    quot;Private,quot; says Veronica. quot;te place. I remember t one. o say t t;

    quot;But o some?t s and mendicant friars in t;

    quot;Like ; Anne says. quot;Some kind of c;

    quot;C for our sins,quot; Dore says, quot;everybody kno. tion is wime you die youve done enougo be punis;

    quot;I ,quot; Veronica says. quot;I dropped out ually to leave be?cause sen years and t oo flagrant.quot;

    quot; denomination ?quot; Anne asks.

    quot;Assembly of God. tto ement. It ing tee called on old  it e of apple juice.quot;

    quot;I kind of liked it,quot; Dore said. quot;I guess it arian personality. e ake everyt ;

    quot;A simple Presbyterian.quot;

    Veronica places five able. quot;A little contribution to t;

    quot; t?quot;

    quot;It  ;

    quot;So, w;

    quot;O.t.B.quot;

    quot;You bastard!  ;

    quot;Crus;

    SIMON buys an art by tist Jos a lot of automobile bumpers smasogeto a sculp?tural block. Its very small, ten incly framed. rouble placing it on ty ment; , it looks ri?diculous. Finally  by t door.

    Anne looks at it. quot;s t?quot;

    quot;A print.quot;

    quot;;

    quot;Guy named C;

    quot;Not very big.quot;

    quot;No its not.quot;

    S;Car bumpers.quot;

    quot;Yes.quot;

    quot;I like it.quot;

    quot;So do I.quot;

    quot;terribly small. For t;

    quot;t t;

    quot;Looks funny all alone like t.quot;

    quot;A brave little picture. ;

    quot;I guess if you like it and I like it, ts all t counts.quot;

    Surns and  her hand.

    quot;S of you to try.quot;

    quot;e can get more. One of t;

    quot;Maybe just ua?tion.quot;

    quot; do you mean by tuation?quot;

    quot;e  dogs for dinner.quot;

    quot;ed  dogs?quot;

    quot;I just intuited it.quot;

    quot;Getting pretty domestic around ;

    Scc by the blade in a dangerous manner.

    quot;I guess. Still, rut;

    Sarah calls.

    quot; w; she asks.

    quot;t ;

    quot;;

    quot;A guest. I c;

    quot;Bluebeard.quot;

    quot;;

    quot;I got a neypeer.quot;

    quot; kind?quot;

    quot;Smit can spell fifty t.quot;

    quot;More t.quot;

    quot;Me too. I got pregnant. Mom tell you?quot;

    quot;No. S.quot;

    quot;taneously aborted. Last mont;

    quot;Sold me. Or you sold me.quot;

    quot;No big deal.quot;

    quot;t;

    quot;Yea back.quot;

    quot;;

    quot;old o go.quot;

    quot;;

    quot;Im not ;

    quot;Probably t; Simon says. quot;Some kind of cer fla;

    quot;ts it,quot; s;You coming ime soon?quot;

    quot;Itll be a ; ;Sie, you can come over .quot;

    quot;Scared of ;