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Oliver is taking Ted out to Melgrove with him over Sunday for suburban / fresh-air and swimming, so the two just manage to catch the 12.53 from / the Grand Central, in spite of Slade Wilson's invitation to talk / all night and breakfast at the Brevoort. They spend the rattling, / tunnel-like passage to 125th Street catching their breath again, a / breath that seems to strike a florid gentlemen in a dirty collar ahead / of them with an expression of permanent, sorrowful hunger. Then Ted / remarks reflectively,
"Nice gin."