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Downstairs  Entry 11 Passage The morning Daddy was leaving for the surgery that would not save him the doorbell rang and he opened to a jaunty man on the front porch, a familiar cadger who never paid back a loan. Tired of lies, Daddy refused and both men turned away. But a hinge in his heart turned Daddy back. “I’ll give it to you,” he said. It was the last thing the world asked of him and he gave. ...

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