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And
so
the
dinner
proceeded
.
And
it
was
nearly
eleven
before
they
had
exhausted
the
various
matters
of
interest
to
them
--
stories
of
past
affairs
,
past
jobs
,
past
feats
of
daring
.
And
by
then
Clyde
had
had
considerable
time
to
meditate
on
all
of
these
youths
--
and
he
was
inclined
to
think
that
he
was
not
nearly
as
green
as
they
thought
,
or
if
so
,
at
least
shrewder
than
most
of
them
--
of
a
better
mentality
,
really
.
For
who
were
they
and
what
were
their
ambitions
?
Hegglund
,
as
he
could
see
,
was
vain
and
noisy
and
foolish
--
a
person
who
could
be
taken
in
and
conciliated
by
a
little
flattery
.
And
Higby
and
Kinsella
,
interesting
and
attractive
boys
both
,
were
still
vain
of
things
he
could
not
be
proud
of
--
Higby
of
knowing
a
little
something
about
automobiles
--
he
had
an
uncle
in
the
business
--
Kinsella
of
gambling
,
rolling
dice
even
.
And
as
for
Ratterer
and
Shiel
,
he
could
see
and
had
noticed
for
some
time
,
that
they
were
content
with
the
bell-hop
business
--
just
continuing
in
that
and
nothing
more
--
a
thing
which
he
could
not
believe
,
even
now
,
would
interest
him
forever
.
At
the
same
time
,
being
confronted
by
this
problem
of
how
soon
they
would
be
wanting
to
go
to
a
place
into
which
he
had
never
ventured
before
,
and
to
be
doing
things
which
he
had
never
let
himself
think
he
would
do
in
just
this
way
,
he
was
just
a
little
disturbed
.
Had
he
not
better
excuse
himself
after
they
got
outside
,
or
perhaps
,
after
starting
along
with
them
in
whatsoever
direction
they
chose
to
go
,
quietly
slip
away
at
some
corner
and
return
to
his
own
home
?
For
had
he
not
already
heard
that
the
most
dreadful
of
diseases
were
occasionally
contracted
in
just
such
places
--
and
that
men
died
miserable
deaths
later
because
of
low
vices
begun
in
this
fashion
?
He
could
hear
his
mother
lecturing
concerning
all
this
--
yet
with
scarcely
any
direct
knowledge
of
any
kind
.
And
yet
,
as
an
argument
per
contra
,
here
were
all
of
these
boys
in
nowise
disturbed
by
what
was
in
their
minds
or
moods
to
do
.
On
the
contrary
,
they
were
very
gay
over
it
all
and
amused
--
nothing
more
.
In
fact
,
Ratterer
,
who
was
really
very
fond
of
Clyde
by
now
,
more
because
of
the
way
he
looked
and
inquired
and
listened
than
because
of
anything
Clyde
did
or
said
,
kept
nudging
him
with
his
elbow
now
and
then
,
asking
laughingly
,
"
How
about
it
,
Clyde
?
Going
to
be
initiated
to-night
?
"
and
then
smiling
broadly
.
Or
finding
Clyde
quite
still
and
thinking
at
times
,
"
They
wo
n't
do
more
than
bite
you
,
Clyde
.
"
And
Hegglund
,
taking
his
cue
from
Ratterer
and
occasionally
desisting
from
his
own
self-glorifying
diatribes
,
would
add
:
"
You
wo
n't
ever
be
de
same
,
Clyde
.
Dey
never
are
.
But
we
'll
all
be
wid
you
in
case
of
trouble
.
"
And
Clyde
,
nervous
and
irritated
,
would
retort
:
"
Ah
,
cut
it
out
,
you
two
.
Quit
kidding
.
What
's
the
use
of
trying
to
make
out
that
you
know
so
much
more
than
I
do
?
"
And
Ratterer
would
signal
Hegglund
with
his
eyes
to
let
up
and
would
occasionally
whisper
to
Clyde
:
"
That
's
all
right
,
old
man
,
do
n't
get
sore
.
You
know
we
were
just
fooling
,
that
's
all
.
"
And
Clyde
,
very
much
drawn
to
Ratterer
,
would
relent
and
wish
he
were
not
so
foolish
as
to
show
what
he
actually
was
thinking
about
.
At
last
,
however
,
by
eleven
o'clock
,
they
had
had
their
fill
of
conversation
and
food
and
drink
and
were
ready
to
depart
,
Hegglund
leading
the
way
.
And
instead
of
the
vulgar
and
secretive
mission
producing
a
kind
of
solemnity
and
mental
or
moral
self-examination
and
self-flagellation
,
they
laughed
and
talked
as
though
there
was
nothing
but
a
delicious
form
of
amusement
before
them
.
Indeed
,
much
to
Clyde
's
disgust
and
amazement
,
they
now
began
to
reminisce
concerning
other
ventures
into
this
world
--
of
one
particular
one
which
seemed
to
amuse
them
all
greatly
,
and
which
seemed
to
concern
some
"
joint
,
"
as
they
called
it
,
which
they
had
once
visited
--
a
place
called
"
Bettina
's
.
"
They
had
been
led
there
originally
by
a
certain
wild
youth
by
the
name
of
"
Pinky
"
Jones
of
the
staff
of
another
local
hotel
.
And
this
boy
and
one
other
by
the
name
of
Birmingham
,
together
with
Hegglund
,
who
had
become
wildly
intoxicated
,
had
there
indulged
in
wild
pranks
which
all
but
led
to
their
arrest
--
pranks
which
to
Clyde
,
as
he
listened
to
them
,
seemed
scarcely
possible
to
boys
of
this
caliber
and
cleanly
appearance
--
pranks
so
crude
and
disgusting
as
to
sicken
him
a
little
.
"
Oh
,
ho
,
and
de
pitcher
of
water
de
girl
on
de
second
floor
doused
on
me
as
I
went
out
,
"
called
Hegglund
,
laughing
heartily
.
