first."

This young man seems to meet the hereditary requirement, certainly."

"Yes, yes, he was a fool, without any doubt. Examine the face, the shape

of the head, the expression. It's all fool, fool, fool, straight

through."

Thanks,--" said Tracy, involuntarily.

Thanks?"

I mean for explaining it to me. Go on, please."

As I was saying, fool is printed all over the face."

A body can even read the details."

What do they say?"

Well, added up, he is a wobbler."

A which?"

Wobbler. A person that's always taking a firm stand about something or

other--kind of a Gibraltar stand, he thinks, for unshakable fidelity and

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