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"Well," said Honey judicially, "I know just how you feel I could have

killed the boys for joshing me the way they did I was sure I was

certain I heard a woht And, by God, I did hear it

Whenever I contradictrises up and tells me I lie But

- " His radiant brown smile crumpled his brown face "Of course, I

didn't hear it I couldn't have heard it And so I guess you didn't see

the peroxide you speak of And yet if you Punch me in the jaw, I'll know

exactly how you feel" His face uncrumpled, smoothed itself out to his

rare look of seriousness" The point of it is that we're all a little

touched in the bean I figure that you and I are alike in soether And all this queer stuff takes us

two the say dope old Rand used to puot all twisted up by a

recent event in nautical circles and we're seeing things that aren't

there and not seeing things that are there"

"Honey," said Billy, "that's all right But I want you to understand irl"

"And don't forget this," answered Honey "I heard one"