178 The Meadow What would Jim tell Jimmy now? He had no story. He kicked cow pie off the bottom of his shoe. Jim realized that would be his story, that staying the course, no matter how bad the outcome, was the harder but sometimes nobler thing to do. That’s what he’d tell Jimmy. He inhaled, thinking how quickly he got used to the smell. He hardly noticed it.
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