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The Retiring Professor: First Lines

“Seventy-four is about apology,” said Ferdy. “Well apology and memory. If you have literary pretensions, it's about apology and narrative.” Ferdy's class sat there dumfounded. This was a little different from the usual class. “The only question left is how much apology is needed? when can one let up?”

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