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The Apparitor undid his belt, a belt from Sluck,29 a massive belt, on which glittered tassels thick as helmet-plumes; on one side it was gold brocade with purple flowers, on the reverse black silk with silver cross-stripes. Such a belt may be worn equally well on either side, golden for a holiday, and black for mourning.
Don't care if I have to pay a whole half-dollar for it!" "What color?" John's lower lip drooped. He hadn't noticed his father's taste in neckwear. "Red," he hazarded at last. A crimson horror was thrust in front of him. Yellow cross-stripes clamored against the fiery background. The clerk twisted it deftly around his forefinger and, behold, it was made up as if in the paternal collar. "Like it?"
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