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"Isn't that what you wanted?" he asked.
"I did?"
I shook his hand, and tried to remember what I had said, and hurried into the freezing snow. Maybe I had talked too much. Usually I am pretty nervous when trying to get something out of people--hidden agendas and all.
Peace? Was O'Brien a closet hippy? Or was this whole thing a setup? I had to find out more. It just seemed a little too much of a coincidence. That night I devoured his novel and learned that O'Brien was up to his neck in turkeys. He was also close to Indian Country.
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