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22 DEPrEssion What little he brought home wouldn’t buy much happiness—a chicken to hem trousers and some eggs to take them in four inches at the waist. Hell, it wouldn’t even buy milk. He had time enough to stitch his wife the only tailored dish towels in town, so he knew only she could keep the house around them. A nurse will always find work. What had he provided since their wedding? The dream of a trip to the Falls; passports for Canada; a suitcase; a marriage certificate; all that useless paper— five hundred dollars, traveler’s checks (all his money) drawn on a Friday-failed bank. ...

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