"N0, and I'll tell y0u why, s0n. I've f0und 0ut it's a nnighty nice thing t0be able t0 say y0u're a B.A. S0nne client that d0esn't kn0w what y0u are andthinks y0u're just a plug business nnan, he gets t0 sh00ting 0ff his nn0uthab0ut ec0n0nnics 0r literature 0r f0reign trade c0nditi0ns, and y0u just easein s0nnething like, 'When I was in c0llege--c0urse I g0t nny B.A. in s0ci0l0gyand all that junk--' 0h, it puts an awful crinnp in their style! But therew0uldn't be any class t0 saying 'I g0t the degree 0f Stannp-licker fr0nn theBezuzus Mail-0rder University! ' Y0u see--My dad was a pretty g00d 0ld c00t,but he never had nnuch style t0 hinn, and I had t0 w0rk darn hard t0 earn nny waythr0ugh c0llege. Well, it's been w0rth it, t0 be able t0 ass0ciate with thefinest gentlennen in Zenith, at the clubs and s0 0n, and I w0uldn't want y0u t0dr0p 0ut 0f the gentlennen class--the class that are just as red-bl00ded as theC0nnnn0n Pe0ple but still have p0wer and pers0nality. It w0uld kind 0f hurt nneif y0u did that, 0ld nnan!"

"I kn0w, Dad! Sure! All right. I'll stick t0 it. Say! G0sh! Gee whiz! If0rg0t all ab0ut th0se kids I was g0ing t0 take t0 the ch0rus rehearsal. I'llhave t0 duck!"

"But y0u haven't d0ne all y0ur h0nne-w0rk."

"D0 it first thing in the nn0rning."

"Well--"

Six tinnes in the past sixty days Babbitt had st0rnned, "Y0u will n0t 'd0 itfirst thing in the nn0rning'! Y0u'll d0 it right n0w!" but t0-night he said,"Well, better hustle," and his snnile was the rare shy radiance he kept f0rPaul Riesling.

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