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"Like the mattresses the motels advertise. And the man- 

 ager even puts in a blanket to pull over you if you want it." 



"I'll try it sometime," he said. "That prospect of a marine 

 nap rings the bell. And that report you sent: it's as long as a 

 chapter in a book. You went to a lot of trouble for me." 



"Don't flatter yourself," I said. "It wasn't for you. I always 

 make notes and these were longer than usual because I 

 stayed in one place." 



"What do you make notes for?" 



"For a permanent record, I guess. I'm always trying to 

 compare what I see today with what I saw some time ago. 

 The simplest way it to put facts in writing where I can al- 

 ways refer to them." 



