He smiled understandingly-much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life

. . . it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey. . .

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀I wasn't actually in 𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀, ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ but I felt a sort of tender curiosity. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ they’re a 𝑹𝑶𝑻𝑻𝑬𝑵 crowd

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀you’re w o r t h

⠀⠀⠀the 𝑾𝑯𝑶𝑳𝑬 [ damn ] bunch ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀put together.

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