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What else is sad?
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It's sad when Dean leaves Sal feverish in Mexico.
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He's off.
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He has his girls to chase, his wife to go back to, to divorce,
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whichever one is which.
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He has all of these machinations to attend to.
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The friendship between the two, in the end, doesn't seem to mean very much,
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or, at least in that moment it doesn't seem to mean very much.
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If George Dardess is right that this is a love story,
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it's the love story between Sal and Dean.
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And I hope, as you are reading, you notice that chapter opening
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where once again Dean appears at the door when Sal shows up,