Betty took him for a walk in the zoo and he was amused by her evident …

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Betty took him for a walk in the zoo and he was amused by her evident belief in the curative power of animals. She seemed to think that it must steady him to look at a buffalo. ✨ Nathanael West, Jonathan Lethem (2009). Miss Lonelyhearts: & the Day of the Locust, p.36, New Directions Publishing
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Betty took him for a walk in the zoo and he was amused by her evident belief in the curative power of animals. She seemed to think that it must steady him to look at a buffalo. ✨ Nathanael West, Jonathan Lethem (2009). Miss Lonelyhearts: & the Day of the Locust, p.36, New Directions Publishing

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