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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\u201cYou can say that again, doctor,\u201d Zeppo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI said, \u2018Most marriages end in the home,\u2019\u201d said Carl, glad to be of service. Zeppo was such a nice man. People tended to fall all over themselves. It was a concern. Even now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was then I sent you that letter,\u201d said Zeppo. \u201cRequesting our meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was a strange thing,\u201d Carl said. \u201cAn opening and a closing without the part in the middle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t think that was wholly necessary,\u201d Zeppo said. \u201cIpso Facto. Superfluous, as my brother Harpo might say. So I cut it all out. Swept it under a rug.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell it really left me,\u201d Carl said, \u201changing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSorry doc,\u201d Zeppo said. \u201cVaudevillian\u2019s curse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Carl thought there must be a better way to enter and exit a Zeppelin, and someone would surely cash in on that in the future. However, upwards. To the inner Zeppelin. The guts of the thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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