"And when a man that old takes up money-hunting, it's like when he takes up gambling or whisky or women. He aint going to have time to quit."

Habit, Money, Desire, Aging

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"And when a man that old takes up money-hunting, it's like when he takes up gambling or whisky or women. He aint going to have time to quit."

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"Time, the spaces of light and dark, had long since lost orderliness."

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