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- 3722 visiting the cemetery started running like hell over to their cars. That's what nearly drove
3723 me crazy. All the visitors could get in their cars and turn on their radios and all and then
3724 go someplace nice for dinner--everybody except Allie. I couldn't stand it. I know it's only
3725 his body and all that's in the cemetery, and his soul's in Heaven and all that crap, but I
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3726 couldn't stand it anyway. I just wish he wasn't there. You didn't know him. If you'd
3727 known him, you'd know what I mean. It's not too bad when the sun's out, but the sun only
3728 comes out when it feels like coming out.
3729 After a while, just to get my mind off getting pneumonia and all, I took out my
3730 dough and tried to count it in the lousy light from the street lamp. All I had was three
3731 singles and five quarters and a nickel left--boy, I spent a fortune since I left Pencey. Then
3732 what I did, I went down near the lagoon and I sort of skipped the quarters and the nickel
3733 across it, where it wasn't frozen. I don't know why I did it, but I did it. I guess I thought
3734 it'd take my mind off getting pneumonia and dying. It didn't, though.
3735 I started thinking how old Phoebe would feel if I got pneumonia and died. It was a
3736 childish way to think, but I couldn't stop myself. She'd feel pretty bad if something like
3737 that happened. She likes me a lot. I mean she's quite fond of me. She really is. Anyway, I
3738 couldn't get that off my mind, so finally what I figured I'd do, I figured I'd better sneak
3739 home and see her, in case I died and all. I had my door key with me and all, and I figured
3740 what I'd do, I'd sneak in the apartment, very quiet and all, and just sort of chew the fat
3741 with her for a while. The only thing that worried me was our front door. It creaks like a
3742 bastard. It's a pretty old apartment house, and the superintendent's a lazy bastard, and
3743 everything creaks and squeaks. I was afraid my parents might hear me sneaking in. But I
3744 decided I'd try it anyhow.
3745 So I got the hell out of the park, and went home. I walked all the way. It wasn't
3746 too far, and I wasn't tired or even drunk any more. It was just very cold and nobody
3747 around anywhere.
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