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- 4301 "Here," old Phoebe said. She was trying to give me the dough, but she couldn't
4302 find my hand.
4303 "Where?"
4304 She put the dough in my hand.
4305 "Hey, I don't need all this," I said. "Just give me two bucks, is all. No kidding--
4306 Here." I tried to give it back to her, but she wouldn't take it.
4307 "You can take it all. You can pay me back. Bring it to the play."
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4308 "How much is it, for God's sake?"
4309 "Eight dollars and eighty-five cents. Sixty-five cents. I spent some."
4310 Then, all of a sudden, I started to cry. I couldn't help it. I did it so nobody could
4311 hear me, but I did it. It scared hell out of old Phoebe when I started doing it, and she
4312 came over and tried to make me stop, but once you get started, you can't just stop on a
4313 goddam dime. I was still sitting on the edge of the bed when I did it, and she put her old
4314 arm around my neck, and I put my arm around her, too, but I still couldn't stop for a long
4315 time. I thought I was going to choke to death or something. Boy, I scared hell out of poor
4316 old Phoebe. The damn window was open and everything, and I could feel her shivering
4317 and all, because all she had on was her pajamas. I tried to make her get back in bed, but
4318 she wouldn't go. Finally I stopped. But it certainly took me a long, long time. Then I
4319 finished buttoning my coat and all. I told her I'd keep in touch with her. She told me I
4320 could sleep with her if I wanted to, but I said no, that I'd better beat it, that Mr. Antolini
4321 was waiting for me and all. Then I took my hunting hat out of my coat pocket and gave it
4322 to her. She likes those kind of crazy hats. She didn't want to take it, but I made her. I'll bet
4323 she slept with it on. She really likes those kind of hats. Then I told her again I'd give her a
4324 buzz if I got a chance, and then I left.
4325 It was a helluva lot easier getting out of the house than it was getting in, for some
4326 reason. For one thing, I didn't give much of a damn any more if they caught me. I really
4327 didn't. I figured if they caught me, they caught me. I almost wished they did, in a way.
4328 I walked all the way downstairs, instead of taking the elevator. I went down the
4329 back stairs. I nearly broke my neck on about ten million garbage pails, but I got out all
4330 right. The elevator boy didn't even see me. He probably still thinks I'm up at the
4331 Dicksteins'.
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