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 mind so much. I could be back in Brooklyn before Christmas, anyhow."

"Just as you say, sonny," Tempest observed. "I don't want to upset your plans, but there's the chance staring you in the face, and there's thousands of youngsters would give their ears for one like it."

"I 'll go," Dave agreed, unconsciously taking yet another step in the direction Fate was drawing him.