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Book: The Poorhouse Fair
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John Updike _ The Poorhouse Fair
Lucas felt uncommonly depressed and careless. Drunkenness, in a man like August Hay, melts the restraints on cheerfulness. On the contrary with Lucas: he kept up courage consciously. Sap his mind, and the lid was lifted from a cesspool of muddy colors.
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John Updike _ The Poorhouse Fair