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[Typewriter noise]

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I'm not sure where[br]Jankélévitch writes that

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man is basically[br]a visual being,

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but women have [br]known that forever,

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even the least pretty.

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[Typewriter clacks.]

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Especially the plainer women,[br]because they know

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if they want love,

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they have to work[br]harder for it.

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Might be unfair,[br]but that's how it is.

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Oh shit!

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[Bottle opens]

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[Sighs]

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[Bottle closes]

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[Thud]

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[Typewriter noise]

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You don't wait until it dries?

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No.

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[Typewriter clacks]

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It's funny.

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When I see a friend[br]with an ugly girl,

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I always think:

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"Doesn't he know there are[br]special girls out there,

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and his is not so great?"

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Right after that, I think:

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"Maybe he is the clever one,[br]smarter than I am.

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He loves her for who she is,[br]and because she's kind to him."

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But, I never quite convince myself.

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[Typewriter clacks]

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I think a lot of men[br]prefer a lesser challenge,

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[Typewriter clacks]

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and to stick with what they have.

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Don't you think so, Catherine?

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Please. I'm trying to work.

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Oh. Excuse me.

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Wait![br]I have a story for you.

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[Typewriter clacks]

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In fifth grade,[br]I was in boarding school.

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[Typewriter clacks]

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There was this guy, an intern.

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Big, Germanic guy.[br]Fascinated me.

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He was 12 or 13, [br]named Fletcher.

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This guy barely spoke.

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Never more than a [br]few syllables.

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[Typewriter clacks]

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I thought,

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"this guy is far more [br]mature than we are,

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and a lot classier, too."

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I really admired him.

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I noticed the priests[br]didn't like him very much,

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and I wondered why.

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He was just a boy,[br]but very, very serious.

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He took Communion daily,[br]like an obsession.

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Then one day, [br]we found out that

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this boy would never[br]be in college with us.

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Yes.

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You see, Catherine,[br]it was because of

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his strange demeanor,[br]his vacant stare,

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his aloof nature --

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things we thought[br]made him cool.

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But, he was backwards.

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He was crazy.

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It was a little like meeting[br]a guy who likes blood sausage.

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I began by envying[br]his detachment as a type of grace.

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Then I thought --

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But --

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Listen, I'd like to finish.

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I touched a nerve!

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No, it isn't that.

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The way you stare at me[br]is distracting.

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Fine!

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In that case, I'll stand behind you.

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No. Don't lurk behind me.

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No, but --

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Now you can't see me.