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had instigated that Squint make use of the chance to
break one of my legs.
“You don’t have to bear any consequences of the
law if you hurt him badly. It’s fair play,” she
continued.
“But I’m afraid I’ll lose!” Squint remarked.
“You can’t lose. You are stronger than Soapy.
Wrestling is just to see who is stronger.”
“I’m not confident that I’ll be victorious.”
“Don’t worry about that. My younger brother is
an expert at wrestling. I’ll ask him to teach you how
to fight him.”
“That’s good!”
Since then, every evening, Squint would go to
Elephant’s home to train in wrestling. Two months
later, he became a different man. His face was
glowing with health. One day he came into our office.
He stripped himself to the waist to show off his
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