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“Pissant,” Mr. Dacus had said, “it isn’t very often you come across a holy man. But you have. And this one has a genius for teaching pissant. So go on back to his class and I’ll accept your apology later after you decide that Og is the best teacher you’ve ever had.”

“Why didn’t you tell me, pissant?”

“He looked like he was hurting pretty bad. The bone was sticking through the flesh when we put him in the police car with Doc Ratteree to go down to the hospital. You messed up bad, pissant.”

“Let’s go look for your daddy, pissant. You’ll go crazy sitting around here with all these women.”

“So are you, pissant. But I’m the boss and I decided to take a day off. Let’s hit the river.”