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'There he goes again,' Bert said. Larch tried to explain. When he opened the door and stepped inside, no one bothered to look at him. The sidewalk was [435] so slippery, she nearly fell—catching her balance on the fender of a dirty green van.

It was the mayor's mansion all over again, the servant's quarters treatment; it meant the Channing-Peabody's wouldn't ask him back for tennis or croquet or a sail. Sometimes, when we are labeled, when we are branded, our brand becomes our calling; Wilbur Larch felt himself called. He still had his surgical gown on when he went to the dispensary to see how Dr. 'Good night, Smoky!' Steerforth was singing.