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"Oh, very much the same type of operation I've been running
in the past. I'm just opening a new office for a new company."
"You will still be hiring salesman, I guess."
"Well, that's my life."
"I hope you won't be so busy here that you forget that we're
here."
"No, not at all; I will be conscious of my family."
"Just drop by occasionally and see us. I hope Julie
will like it here."
"I think she will, and that's nice of you to say."
There had been three other stops that evening before they
returned to the hotel. An aunt, and a cousin, and some other
relatives whose exact relationship Julie never quite understood,
or may be she just didn't care anymore. She had, however, found
one of his cousins to be a nice young girl, and they had made
plans to meet again.
"I hope you didn't get too bored by all of my relatives."
"No, not at all; I just wouldn't want to do it everyday."
"Don't worry. I just have to see my family since I'm going to
be living in the same city."
The letter had arrived from Jack. It was a joke, a very bad
joke. It gave Jay nothing that he hadn't seen before. It looked
like Jack was trying to screw him up more than Maylor had done in
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