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and they come upon some hobos.
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This is the top of 96:"We in our plaid dresses and
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Orlon sweaters and velveteen shoes and they in their suit coats with
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the vestigial collars turned up and the lapels closed might have been
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marooned survivors of some lost pleasure craft.
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We and they alone might have escaped the destruction of some sleek train."
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[That's an Ishmael reference right there.
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Ishmael is the only person to escape the Pequod to come back
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and tell the story, so there's an element of that
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Melville reference right here, too.]
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"Some flying shuttle of business or commerce.
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Lucille and I might have been two of a numerous family off