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This Side of Paradise

CHAPTER 2
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"Tell 'em you're wild and have 'em reform you--go home furious--come back in half an hour--startle 'em." Kerry shook his head.
"No chance.

I wrote a St.Timothy girl a really loving letter last year.
In one place I got rattled and said: 'My God, how I love you!' She took a nail scissors, clipped out the 'My God' and showed the rest of the letter all over school.

Doesn't work at all.

I'm just 'good old Kerry' and all that rot." Amory smiled and tried to picture himself as "good old Amory." He failed completely.
February dripped snow and rain, the cyclonic freshman mid-years passed, and life in 12 Univee continued interesting if not purposeful.

Once a day Amory indulged in a club sandwich, cornflakes, and Julienne potatoes at "Joe's," accompanied usually by Kerry or Alec Connage.


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