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One of the things you wait most eagerly to hear a salesman say is the amount of the allowance. A good salesman will deliberately build up your suspense. He will start your engine, kick the tires, run his hand over the upholstery, stick his head under the hood, but, if your fenders are undented and the glass unbroken […]

He pointed out that a campful of men alone in the woods can go a little loco sometimes.

A gaoler struck him, pushing him back in place in the hopeless, helpless line of prisoners.