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After Dark

PROLOGUE TO THE SECOND STORY
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"I dispute that point with you at the outset.

Why, you've got a good cloth coat, a clean shirt, and a smooth-shaved chin.

You've got the sleek look of a man who has slept between sheets and had his breakfast.

You can't humbug me about poverty, for I know what it is.

Poverty means looking like a scarecrow, feeling like a scarecrow, and getting treated like a scarecrow.


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