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“Raccoon,”hemumbledthickly。

“Raccoon?

”Isaid,pausinginmyflight。

“Iwantaraccooncoat,"

hewailed.

Iperceivedthathistroublewasnotphysical,butmental.“Whydoyouwantaraccooncoat?

“Ishouldhaveknownit,”hecried,poundinghistemples.“Ishouldhaveknownthey’dcomebackwhentheCharlestoncameback。

LikeafoolIspentallmymoneyfortextbooks,andnowIcan'

tgetaraccooncoat。

“Canyoumean，"

Isaidincredulously,“thatpeopleareactuallywearingraccooncoatsagain?

"

“AlltheBigMenonCampusarewearingthem.Where’veyoubeen?

“Inthelibrary，”Isaid，namingaplacenotfrequentedbyBigMenonCampus.

Heleapedfromthebedandpacedtheroom。

“I’vegottohavearaccooncoat,”hesaidpassionately。

“I'

vegotto！

“Petey，why?

Lookatitrationally.Raccooncoatsareunsanitary.Theyshed。

Theysmellbad.Theyweightoomuch.They'

reunsightly.They—”

“Youdon’tunderstand,”heinterruptedimpatiently.“It'

sthethingtodo。

Don’tyouwanttobeintheswim?

“No，”Isaidtruthfully。

“Well,Ido,”hedeclared.“I’dgiveanythingforaraccooncoat。

Anything！

Mybrain,thatprecisioninstrument，slippedintohighgear.“Anything？

Iasked，lookingathimnarrowly。

“Anything，”heaffirmedinringingtones。

Istrokedmychinthoughtfully.ItsohappenedthatIknewwheretogetmyhandsonaraccooncoat.Myfatherhadhadoneinhisundergraduatedays；

itlaynowinatrunkintheatticbackhome.ItalsohappenedthatPeteyhadsomethingIwanted.Hedidn’thaveitexactly,butatleasthehadfirstrightsonit.Irefertohisgirl，PollyEspy.

IhadlongcovetedPollyEspy。

Letmeemphasizethatmydesireforthisyoungwomanwasnotemotionalinnature。

Shewas，tobesure,agirlwhoexcitedtheemotions，butIwasnotonetoletmyheartrulemyhead.IwantedPollyforashrewdlycalculated，entirelycerebralreason。

Iwasafreshmaninlawschool。

InafewyearsIwouldbeoutinpractice.Iwaswellawareoftheimportanceoftherightkindofwifeinfurtheringalawyer’scareer。

ThesuccessfullawyersIhadobservedwere,almostwithoutexception，marriedtobeautiful，gracious，intelligentwomen。

Withoneomission，Pollyfittedthesespecificationsperfectly.

Beautifulshewas.Shewasnotyetofpin—upproportions，butIfeltthattimewouldsupplythelack。

Shealreadyhadthemakings.

Graciousshewas.BygraciousImeanfullofgraces.Shehadanerectnessofcarriage,aneaseofbearing,apoisethatclearlyindicatedthebestofbreeding.Attablehermannerswereexquisite.IhadseenherattheKozyKampusKornereatingthespecialtyofthehouse-asandwichthatcontainedscrapsofpotroast,gravy,choppednuts,andadipperofsauerkraut—withoutevengettingherfingersmoist。

Intelligentshewasnot。

Infact,sheveeredintheoppositedirection。

ButIbelievedthatundermyguidanceshewouldsmartenup.Atanyrate，itwasworthatry。

Itis，afterall，easiertomakeabeautifuldumbgirlsmartthantomakeanuglysmartgirlbeautiful.

“Petey,"

Isaid,“areyouinlovewithPollyEspy？

“Ithinkshe’sakeenkid，”hereplied,“butIdon’tknowifyou’dcallitlove.Why？

“Doyou,”Iasked，“haveanykindofformalarrangementwithher？

Imeanareyougoingsteadyoranythinglikethat？

“No.Weseeeachotherquiteabit,butwebothhaveotherdates.Why？

“Isthere,”Iasked,“anyothermanforwhomshehasaparticularfondness?

“NotthatIknowof.Why？

Inoddedwithsatisfaction。

“Inotherwords,ifyouwereoutofthepicture，thefieldwouldbeopen.Isthatright？

“Iguessso.Whatareyougettingat?

“Nothing，nothing,"

Isaidinnocently,andtookmysuitcaseoutthecloset.

“Whereareyougoing？

”askedPetey。

“Homeforweekend.”Ithrewafewthingsintothebag。

“Listen,”hesaid,clutchingmyarmeagerly，“whileyou’rehome,youcouldn'

tgetsomemoneyfromyouroldman,couldyou，andlendittomesoIcanbuyaraccooncoat？

“Imaydobetterthanthat,"

Isaidwithamysteriouswinkandclosedmybagandleft。

“Look，”IsaidtoPeteywhenIgotbackMondaymorning。

Ithrewopenthesuitcaseandrevealedthehuge,hairy，gamyobjectthatmyfatherhadworninhisStutzBearcatin1925.

“HolyToledo！

saidPeteyreverently。

Heplungedhishandsintotheraccooncoatandthenhisface。

“HolyToledo！

”herepeatedfifteenortwentytimes.

“Wouldyoulikeit？

Iasked.

“Ohyes！

”hecried，clutchingthegreasypelttohim。

Thenacannylookcameintohiseyes。

“Whatdoyouwantforit？

“Yourgirl。

”Isaid，mincingnowords.

“Polly?

”hesaidinahorrifiedwhisper.“YouwantPolly？

“That'

sright。

Heflungthecoatfromhim。

“Never，”hesaidstoutly.

Ishrugged.“Okay。

Ifyoudon'

twanttobeintheswim，Iguessit’syourbusiness.”

Isatdowninachairandpretendedtoreadabook，butoutofthecornerofmyeyeIkeptwatchingPetey.Hewasatornman.Firsthelookedatthecoatwiththeexpressionofawaifatabakerywindow。

Thenheturnedawayandsethisjawresolutely.Thenhelookedbackatthecoat,withevenmorelonginginhisface。

Thenheturnedaway，butwithnotsomuchresolutionthistime。

Backandforthhisheadswiveled，desirewaxing,resolutionwaning.Finallyhedidn’tturnawayatall;

hejuststoodandstaredwithmadlustatthecoat.

“Itisn’tasthoughIwasinlovewithPolly，”hesaidthickly.“Orgoingsteadyoranythinglikethat.”

“That’sright，"

Imurmured.

“What'

sPollytome，ormetoPolly？

“Notathing，"

saidI.

“It’sjustbeenacasualkick—justafewlaughs，that’sall。

“Tryonthecoat，”saidI.

Hecomplied.Thecoatbunchedhighoverhisearsanddroppedallthewaydowntohisshoetops.Helookedlikeamoundofdeadraccoons。

“Fitsfine，"

hesaidhappily.

Irosefrommychair.“Isitadeal?

”Iasked，extendingmyhand.

Heswallowed.“It’sadeal,”hesaidandshookmyhand。

IhadmyfirstdatewithPollythefollowingevening.Thiswasinthenatureofasurvey;

IwantedtofindoutjusthowmuchworkIhadtodotogetherminduptothestandardIrequired。

Itookherfirsttodinner。

“Gee,thatwasadelishdinner，"

shesaidaswelefttherestaurant.ThenItookhertoamovie.“Gee,thatwasamarvymovie，"

shesaidasweleftthetheatre.AndthenItookherhome。

“Gee,Ihadasensayshtime,”shesaidasshebademegoodnight。

Iwentbacktomyroomwithaheavyheart。

Ihadgravelyunderestimatedthesizeofmytask.Thisgirl’slackofinformationwasterrifying.Norwoulditbeenoughmerelytosupplyherwithinformation.Firstshehadtobetaughttothink。

Thisloomedasaprojectofnosmalldimensions，andatfirstIwastemptedtogiveherbacktoPetey.ButthenIgottothinkingaboutherabundantphysicalcharmsandaboutthewaysheenteredaroomandthewayshehandledaknifeandfork，andIdecidedtomakeaneffort.

Iwentaboutit,asinallthings,systematically。

Igaveheracourseinlogic.IthappenedthatI,asalawstudent,wastakingacourseinlogicmyself,soIhadallthefactsatmyfingertips。

“Poll'

”IsaidtoherwhenIpickedheruponournextdate，“tonightwearegoingovertotheKnollandtalk."

“Oo，terrif，”shereplied.OnethingIwillsayforthisgirl:

youwouldgofartofindanothersoagreeable。

WewenttotheKnoll，thecampustrystingplace,andwesatdownunderanoldoak，andshelookedatmeexpectantly.“Whatarewegoingtotalkabout？

”sheasked.

“Logic。

Shethoughtthisoverforaminuteanddecidedshelikedit.“Magnif，”shesaid.

“Logic，"

Isaid,clearingmythroat，“isthescienceofthinking.Beforewecanthinkcorrectly,wemustfirstlearntorecognizethecommonfallaciesoflogic.Thesewewilltakeuptonight.”

“Wow—dow！

”shecried，clappingherhandsdelightedly。

Iwinced，butwentbravelyon。

“FirstletusexaminethefallacycalledDictoSimpliciter。

“Byallmeans，”sheurged,battingherlasheseagerly.

“DictoSimplicitermeansanargumentbasedonanunqualifiedgeneralization。

Forexample:

Exerciseisgood。

Thereforeeverybodyshouldexercise.”

“Iagree,”saidPollyearnestly.“Imeanexerciseiswonderful.Imeanitbuildsthebodyandeverything.”

“Polly,”Isaidgently,“theargumentisafallacy。

Exerciseisgoodisanunqualifiedgeneralization。

Forinstance，ifyouhaveheartdisease,exerciseisbad,notgood.Manypeopleareorderedbytheirdoctorsnottoexercise。

Youmustqualifythegeneralization。

Youmustsayexerciseisusuallygood,orexerciseisgoodformostpeople.OtherwiseyouhavecommittedaDictoSimpliciter.Doyousee？

“No,"

sheconfessed。

“Butthisismarvy.Domore!

Domore！

“Itwillbebetterifyoustoptuggingatmysleeve,"

Itoldher,andwhenshedesisted，Icontinued。

“NextwetakeupafallacycalledHastyGeneralization.Listencarefully:

Youcan’tspeakFrench.PeteyBellowsc