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| Quentin did a magic trick. Nobody noticed. || || | | Quentin did a magic trick. Nobody noticed. || Nobody noticed Quentin’s magic trick.|| | ||
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|They picked their way along the cold, uneven sidewalk together: James, Julia, and Quentin. James and Julia held hands. That’s how things were now. The sidewalk wasn’t quite wide enough, so Quentin trailed after them, like a sulky child. He would rather have been alone with Julia, or just alone period, but you couldn’t have everything. Or at least the available evidence pointed overwhelmingly to that conclusion. || | | |They picked their way along the cold, uneven sidewalk together: James, Julia, and Quentin. James and Julia held hands. That’s how things were now. The sidewalk wasn’t quite wide enough, so Quentin trailed after them, like a sulky child. He would rather have been alone with Julia, or just alone period, but you couldn’t have everything. Or at least the available evidence pointed overwhelmingly to that conclusion. || James and Julia held hands and picked their way along the narrow sidewalk. Quentin sulked along behind them. | ||
So, that’s how it was now. He would rather have been alone with Julia, or just ''alone'', but Quentin was getting used to not getting his own way. | |||
| Wasteful with words. The puinchline about the overwhelming evidence is weak. | |||
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|“Okay!” James said over his shoulder. “Q. Let’s talk strategy.” James seemed to have a sixth sense for when Quentin was starting to feel sorry for himself. Quentin’s interview was in seven minutes. || || | |“Okay!” James said over his shoulder. “Q. Let’s talk strategy.” James seemed to have a sixth sense for when Quentin was starting to feel sorry for himself. Quentin’s interview was in seven minutes. || || | ||