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Old dogs can’t learn new tricks. But what about spry, eager, young dogs? And puppies, too? They come when you call, sit when you ask, roll over and play dead—whatever pleases you. Even if you shun it or kick it or starve it, it always comes trotting back.
Connecticut is many miles away, so this kid is the best that will do. He is a Boy Scout, and he is too good; he lets Chris’s hand wander wherever when he’s drunk. Or maybe he doesn’t notice. As a father it scares Chris sometimes, how inattentive these young people can be. They bare their necks when they have never known the edge of a blade.