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''there was a dark hilarity to his face, and perhaps in his heart, too, you would think- and would be right. It was the face of a hatefully happy man, a face that radiated a horrible handsome warmth, a face to make water glasses shatter in the hands of a tired truck-stop waitress, to make small children crash their trikes into board fences and then run wailing to their mommies with stake shaped splinters sticking out of their knees. it was a face guaranteed to make barroom arguments over battling averages turn bloody.''


𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗸. 𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹. 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲, 𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻, 𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻. 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀. 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁, 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂.


"𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙃 𝙎𝙊𝙈𝙀 𝙃𝙀𝙇𝙋 𝙁𝙍𝙊𝙈 𝘾𝘼𝙋𝙏𝘼𝙄𝙉 𝙏𝙍𝙄𝙋𝙎, 𝙃𝙀'𝙇𝙇 𝘽𝙍𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙇𝘿 𝘿𝙊𝙒𝙉 𝙏𝙊 𝙄𝙏𝙎 𝙆𝙉𝙀𝙀𝙎.''



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