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1  I walked around the can for a little while.
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2  I remember I was brushing my teeth, in the can, when he asked me.
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3  I told him to stop off on the way to the can and give Mrs. Schmidt the time.
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4  We were the only ones in the can, because everybody was still down at the game.
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5  When I was coming out of the can, right before I got to the door, I sort of passed out.
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6  He went back to the room, but I stuck around in the can for a while, thinking about old Jane.
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7  I'd probably go down to the can and sneak a cigarette and watch myself getting tough in the mirror.
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8  I can't really tap-dance or anything, but it was a stone floor in the can, and it was good for tap-dancing.
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9  I walked over to the window, but you couldn't see out of it, it was so steamy from all the heat in the can.
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10  While I was laying there trying not to think, I heard old Stradlater come back from the can and go in our room.
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11  I kept sitting there on the floor till I heard old Stradlater close the door and go down the corridor to the can.
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12  And whenever he went to the can, he always left the goddam door open and talked to you while you were brushing your teeth or something.
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13  So my roommate and I walked him down to the bathroom and all, and we had to stand there while he looked for his initials in all the can doors.
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14  What he did, he carved his goddam stupid sad old initials in one of the can doors about ninety years ago, and he wanted to see if they were still there.
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15  All I know is I got up from the bed, like I was going down to the can or something, and then I tried to sock him, with all my might, right smack in the toothbrush, so it would split his goddam throat open.
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16  She kept saying these very corny, boring things, like calling the can the "little girls' room," and she thought Buddy Singer's poor old beat-up clarinet player was really terrific when he stood up and took a couple of ice-cold hot licks.
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