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doc#138 | limited knowledge he possessed he forced upon | me | . In the mornings, I was informed, fluorescent |
doc#138 | the office. He pointed out the switch to | me | and for a moment I foolishly believed that |
doc#138 | tickets of the sort handed out, he told | me | , every morning. Now, here was something |
doc#138 | here was something of obvious importance to | me | , yet when I reached for the tickets he |
doc#138 | remember what this pompous little man had told | me | about the worth of a ticket. </p><p> Having |
doc#138 | their size in themselves meant nothing to | me | as long as I had no measure of comparison |
doc#138 | from the counter before he would address | me | , at times quite sharply, in order to bring |
doc#138 | impatiently. This sort of petty vigilance annoyed | me | . I felt certain it was self-appointed. |
doc#138 | town, its character was wholly foreign to | me | . Large warehouses flanked the street on |
doc#138 | but an unbroken line of piers prevented | me | from seeing it. Sometimes I noticed the |
doc#138 | -- indicated great activity and excited | me | . The hall, on the other hand, appeared |
doc#138 | anything, I could do about it, he surprised | me | by referring me to the director of the |
doc#138 | do about it, he surprised me by referring | me | to the director of the hall. I could consult |
doc#138 | ten o'clock. The clerk impressed this upon | me | : that I should not arrive in the hall before |
doc#138 | perforated, white-topped shoes; they somehow made | me | expect to see him launch into a vaudeville |
doc#138 | tapdance routine any moment. But he came toward | me | sedately enough, showed me around the counter |
doc#138 | he came toward me sedately enough, showed | me | around the counter, offered me a seat inside |
doc#138 | enough, showed me around the counter, offered | me | a seat inside his office, then walked to |
doc#138 | he, a college graduate himself, must envy | me | them. Was I sure, he asked, that I knew |
doc#138 | the hall? These questions did not surprise | me | ; I felt certain that the director, like |