The Chinese Jars
“She was right, he decided. Those tuxes were too expensive. He must have gotten a lot of money from somewhere. But where? As he pondered the problem and weighed his options, he concluded that a broke ad salesman didn’t have many.
Then he remembered Charles Perkins. He’d gone to Stanford with him before Samuel dropped out when he parents were murdered. Perkins was a fellow Midwesterner who now worked at the U.S. attorney’s office as a lawyer prosecuting federal crimes. Samuel helped him throu...gh a couple of very difficult literature courses in their second year, and he was sure Charles would remember the debt even after so many years.
He made an appointment and went to the lawyer’s office in the Federal Building on Seventh Street.
Charles met him at the door. He had yellowish skin and a head of limp hair the color of straw. He parted it on one side, but he always had a greasy clump in his eyes. His chiseled face gave the impression of amiability, but Samuel knew him well and knew that he had a petty soul.MoreLess
Then he remembered Charles Perkins. He’d gone to Stanford with him before Samuel dropped out when he parents were murdered. Perkins was a fellow Midwesterner who now worked at the U.S. attorney’s office as a lawyer prosecuting federal crimes. Samuel helped him throu...gh a couple of very difficult literature courses in their second year, and he was sure Charles would remember the debt even after so many years.
He made an appointment and went to the lawyer’s office in the Federal Building on Seventh Street.
Charles met him at the door. He had yellowish skin and a head of limp hair the color of straw. He parted it on one side, but he always had a greasy clump in his eyes. His chiseled face gave the impression of amiability, but Samuel knew him well and knew that he had a petty soul.MoreLess
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