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"Yes, sir."
He didn't say anything again for quite a while. I don't know if you've ever done it,
but it's sort of hard to sit around waiting for somebody to say something when they're
thinking and all. It really is. I kept trying not to yawn. It wasn't that I was bored or
anything--I wasn't--but I was so damn sleepy all of a sudden.
"Something else an academic education will do for you. If you go along with it
any considerable distance, it'll begin to give you an idea what size mind you have. What
it'll fit and, maybe, what it won't. After a while, you'll have an idea what kind of thoughts
your particular size mind should be wearing. For one thing, it may save you an
extraordinary amount of time trying on ideas that don't suit you, aren't becoming to you.
You'll begin to know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly."
Then, all of a sudden, I yawned. What a rude bastard, but I couldn't help it!
Mr. Antolini just laughed, though. "C'mon," he said, and got up. "We'll fix up the
couch for you."
I followed him and he went over to this closet and tried to take down some sheets
and blankets and stuff that was on the top shelf, but he couldn't do it with this highball
glass in his hand. So he drank it and then put the glass down on the floor and then he took
the stuff down. I helped him bring it over to the couch. We both made the bed together.
He wasn't too hot at it. He didn't tuck anything in very tight. I didn't care, though. I
could've slept standing up I was so tired.
"How're all your women?"
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"They're okay." I was being a lousy conversationalist, but I didn't feel like it.
"How's Sally?" He knew old Sally Hayes. I introduced him once.
"She's all right. I had a date with her this afternoon." Boy, it seemed like twenty
years ago! "We don't have too much in common any more."
"Helluva pretty girl. What about that other girl? The one you told me about, in
Maine?"
"Oh--Jane Gallagher. She's all right. I'm probably gonna give her a buzz
tomorrow."
We were all done making up the couch then. "It's all yours," Mr. Antolini said. "I
don't know what the hell you're going to do with those legs of yours."
"That's all right. I'm used to short beds," I said. "Thanks a lot, sir. You and Mrs.
Antolini really saved my life tonight."
"You know where the bathroom is. If there's anything you want, just holler. I'll be>
in the kitchen for a while--will the light bother you?"
"No--heck, no. Thanks a lot."
"All right. Good night, handsome."
"G'night, sir. Thanks a lot."
He went out in the kitchen and I went in the bathroom and got undressed and all. I
couldn't brush my teeth because I didn't have any toothbrush with me. I didn't have any
pajamas either and Mr. Antolini forgot to lend me some. So I just went back in the living
room and turned off this little lamp next to the couch, and then I got in bed with just my
shorts on. It was way too short for me, the couch, but I really could've slept standing up
without batting an eyelash. I laid awake for just a couple of seconds thinking about all
that stuff Mr. Antolini'd told me. About finding out the size of your mind and all. He was
really a pretty smart guy. But I couldn't keep my goddam eyes open, and I fell asleep.
Then something happened. I don't even like to talk about it.
I woke up all of a sudden. I don't know what time it was or anything, but I woke
up. I felt something on my head, some guy's hand. Boy, it really scared hell out of me.
What it was, it was Mr. Antolini's hand. What he was doing was, he was sitting on the
floor right next to the couch, in the dark and all, and he was sort of petting me or patting
me on the goddam head. Boy, I'll bet I jumped about a thousand feet.
"What the hellya doing?"