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and I can't afford to quarrel--about a woman It's not worth it"

"That is precisely what your wife said But it's not the way I should put

it myself We did quarrel; and you at least had every provocation"

"Oh, damn the provocation You don't suppose I caize When I say you had provocation enough

to justify your putting a bullet intothe

conventional view"

"Well--yes If I hit you hard, it was all above the belt"

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think it"

"If it coe Trust an

old friend for knohere to hit That fist of yours caught me in some

very nasty places Suppose we shake hands"

They shook hands Stanistreet's hand was cold as ice He lowered himself

into his chair, and lit a pipe in token of reconciliation