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- 3540 I didn't say anything for a while. I was thinking.
3541 "Supposing I went to your father and had him psychoanalyze me and all," I said.
3542 "What would he do to me? I mean what would he do to me?"
3543 "He wouldn't do a goddam thing to you. He'd simply talk to you, and you'd talk to
3544 him, for God's sake. For one thing, he'd help you to recognize the patterns of your mind."
3545 "The what?"
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3546 "The patterns of your mind. Your mind runs in-- Listen. I'm not giving an
3547 elementary course in psychoanalysis. If you're interested, call him up and make an
3548 appointment. If you're not, don't. I couldn't care less, frankly."
3549 I put my hand on his shoulder. Boy, he amused me. "You're a real friendly
3550 bastard," I told him. "You know that?"
3551 He was looking at his wrist watch. "I have to tear," he said, and stood up. "Nice
3552 seeing you." He got the bartender and told him to bring him his check.
3553 "Hey," I said, just before he beat it. "Did your father ever psychoanalyze you?"
3554 "Me? Why do you ask?"
3555 "No reason. Did he, though? Has he?"
3556 "Not exactly. He's helped me to adjust myself to a certain extent, but an extensive
3557 analysis hasn't been necessary. Why do you ask?"
3558 "No reason. I was just wondering."
3559 "Well. Take it easy," he said. He was leaving his tip and all and he was starting to
3560 go.
3561 "Have just one more drink," I told him. "Please. I'm lonesome as hell. No
3562 kidding."
3563 He said he couldn't do it, though. He said he was late now, and then he left.
3564 Old Luce. He was strictly a pain in the ass, but he certainly had a good
3565 vocabulary. He had the largest vocabulary of any boy at Whooton when I was there. They
3566 gave us a test.
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