Doctor Magoon."
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A Doctor?" "Well, a teacher." "Professor Square-the-circle-till-you're-tired?Hold on, there's something I don't think of nowThat I had on my mind to ask the firstMan that knew anything I happened in with.I'll ask you later—-don't let me forget it."The Doctor looked at Lafe and looked away.A man? A brute. Naked above the waist,He sat there creased and shining in the light,Fumbling the buttons in a well-starched shirt."I'm moving into a size-larger shirt.I've felt mean lately; mean's no name for it.I just found what the matter was to-night:I've been a-choking like a nursery treeWhen it outgrows the wide band of its name tag.I blamed it on the hot spell we've been having.'Twas nothing but my foolish hanging back,Not liking to own up I'd grown a size.Number eighteen this is. What size do you wear?"
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