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"
He
's
like
those
pictures
in
the
Illustrated
London
News
of
the
English
officers
who
have
been
killed
,
"
Amory
had
said
to
Alec
.
"
Well
,
"
Alec
had
answered
,
"
if
you
want
to
know
the
shocking
truth
,
his
father
was
a
grocery
clerk
who
made
a
fortune
in
Tacoma
real
estate
and
came
to
New
York
ten
years
ago
.
"
Amory
had
felt
a
curious
sinking
sensation
.
This
present
type
of
party
was
made
possible
by
the
surging
together
of
the
class
after
club
elections
--
as
if
to
make
a
last
desperate
attempt
to
know
itself
,
to
keep
together
,
to
fight
off
the
tightening
spirit
of
the
clubs
.
It
was
a
let-down
from
the
conventional
heights
they
had
all
walked
so
rigidly
.
After
supper
they
saw
Kaluka
to
the
boardwalk
,
and
then
strolled
back
along
the
beach
to
Asbury
.
The
evening
sea
was
a
new
sensation
,
for
all
its
color
and
mellow
age
was
gone
,
and
it
seemed
the
bleak
waste
that
made
the
Norse
sagas
sad
;
Amory
thought
of
Kipling
's
"
Beaches
of
Lukanon
before
the
sealers
came
.
"
It
was
still
a
music
,
though
,
infinitely
sorrowful
.
Ten
o'clock
found
them
penniless
.
They
had
suppered
greatly
on
their
last
eleven
cents
and
,
singing
,
strolled
up
through
the
casinos
and
lighted
arches
on
the
boardwalk
,
stopping
to
listen
approvingly
to
all
band
concerts
.
In
one
place
Kerry
took
up
a
collection
for
the
French
War
Orphans
which
netted
a
dollar
and
twenty
cents
,
and
with
this
they
bought
some
brandy
in
case
they
caught
cold
in
the
night
.
They
finished
the
day
in
a
moving-picture
show
and
went
into
solemn
systematic
roars
of
laughter
at
an
ancient
comedy
,
to
the
startled
annoyance
of
the
rest
of
the
audience
.
Their
entrance
was
distinctly
strategic
,
for
each
man
as
he
entered
pointed
reproachfully
at
the
one
just
behind
him
.
Sloane
,
bringing
up
the
rear
,
disclaimed
all
knowledge
and
responsibility
as
soon
as
the
others
were
scattered
inside
;
then
as
the
irate
ticket-taker
rushed
in
he
followed
nonchalantly
.
They
reassembled
later
by
the
Casino
and
made
arrangements
for
the
night
.
Kerry
wormed
permission
from
the
watchman
to
sleep
on
the
platform
and
,
having
collected
a
huge
pile
of
rugs
from
the
booths
to
serve
as
mattresses
and
blankets
,
they
talked
until
midnight
,
and
then
fell
into
a
dreamless
sleep
,
though
Amory
tried
hard
to
stay
awake
and
watch
that
marvellous
moon
settle
on
the
sea
.
