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without kissing her goodbye. When she discovered he had left the house she ran all the way to the Berkeley interburan station, two long blocks, and received the usual affectionate farwell before he boarded the train.

    Four children were born to them. I, "Long Doe," was the eldest. Billy was Father all over again, handsome, serious-minded, interested in ranching. Like Father he loved music. He more or less taught himself to play the piano and he soon began playing like a streak. Tid and Freddy were the clowns, forever laughing at something in the passing parade. As a grown man, Freddy often came home late at night with, of all things, a carton of ravioli and I would hear him in Mother's room and the peals of laughter while they ate ravioli at one and two in the morning. Tid could scarcely open her mouth without uttering some nonsensical observation. For example, I have some sconces concealing two electric bulbs in my apartment in New York. They were designed by Isamu Noguchi, the great Japanese sculptor. They are oval in form and decorated with short plastic spikes of varied