Thorpe took a long, thoughtful pull at the beer his sister brought him.

"Ah, I didn't know I was so thirsty," he said, when he put the glass down. "Truth is -- I've lost track of myself altogether since -- since the big thing happened. I seem to be somebody else -- a comparative stranger, so to speak. I've got to get acquainted with myself, all over again. You can't imagine what an extraordinary feeling it is -- this being hit every few minutes with the recollection that you're worth half a million. It's like being struck over the head. It knocks you down. There are such thousands of things to do -- you dance about, all of a flutter. You don't know where to begin."

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