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• Searching for clues, they asked if he was “possibly an alcoholic?” “I should hope so,” he said. “After all the time, money and effort I’ve put into it.”
• He never read anything—not even newspapers—and he was never bored. He spent all his time being himself,
• “What use is a gun with only two bullets?” I said. I was getting the hang of gun talk and really quite enjoying it. “A gun needs six bullets,” said Donelly. “As in six-shooter.” “Basically I’m four bullets short.” “You’re working at thirty-three percent of your potential capacity.” “Six minus four equals two.” “A shortfall of four.” “A guy with onl...
• We had seen each other so infrequently that the transition from seeing each other to not seeing each other was almost imperceptible. Perhaps I had begun to pick up some of Donelly’s indifference to the way things turn out.
• I tried to call him several years ago the number was unavailable. I had no fall-back address for him—this was in the days before e-mail—and have no idea where he is.