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"Look here, said Will. "When a man comes to me for advice about an idea, I know he doesn'twant advice. He wants me to agree with him. And if I want to keep his friendship I tell him his idea isfine and go ahead. But I like you and you're a friend of my family, so I'm going to stick my neck out."
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