To take out about a quarter of a long, complicated book was close to an impossible task. We have Berquist's word for it-and Berquist got his start in politics issuing denials; his word means nothing. Mike answered him, smiled sunnily; his expression became blank again and he applied himself to food, quite content to be allowed to eat in silence. Oh, I'm sure he did.
But, my dear, we can't make it stick. A week of trying to talk with Mike had convinced him that no reporter could possibly get anything of importance out of Mike in only a few minutes-without expert help. Intense in some ways. He can come back later, if he wisheS_-~)Ut I shan't make it possible for him to live out his life here, as an arrested infant.
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