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be obstinate. Going to the farewell dinner to-day?”
“Sure. You?”
“Of course I am. I intend to go down to the beach to see Koga-san off when he leaves.”
“The farewell dinner should be a big blow-out. You come and see. I’m going to get soused to the neck.”
“You get loaded all you want. I quit the place right after I finish my plates. Only fools fight booze.”
“You’re a fellow who picks up a fight too easy. It shows up the characteristic of the Yedo kid well.”
“I don’t care. Say, before you go to the farewell dinner, come to see me. I want to tell you something.”
Porcupine came to my room as promised. I had been in full sympathy with Hubbard Squash these days, and when it came to his farewell dinner, my pity for him welled up so much that
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