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By Jack Joseph Smith

there is a phone call. It is doctor Kennedy. The father of one of the smaller youngsters from the first scene. Though it is quite late in the morning night, Jack's parents simply tell there somewhat haggard son to answer the phone downstairs. Abruptly the scene is off Jack and the doctor, walking into the neighborhood police station, where the gang is assembled in capture. "You asshole" shouts a stout blond German boy, "We lied through our teeth for you!" The doctor immediately calls a conference with the police

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GPT

Doctor Kennedy calls Jack and accompanies him to a police station, where the gang has gathered and a boy says they lied for Jack.

Jack's parents send him downstairs to answer the phone. At the station, the doctor calls a conference with police after the boy's accusation. The writer leaves the conference unfinished on this page.

Claude

A phone call comes from 'doctor Kennedy', father of 'one of the smaller youngsters / from the first scene', and Jack's parents tell 'there somewhat haggard son / to answer the phone downstairs.' 'Abruptly the scene is off' to Jack and the doctor at the police station, where the gang is assembled, and 'a / stout blond German boy' shouts '"You asshole"' and '"We lied through our teeth / for you!"' before the doctor 'immediately calls / a conference with the police'.

The page works like a film cut from a family house to a police station, with adults taking over the boys' story. The German boy's outburst puts loyalty and betrayal at the center without saying what Jack did. The sentence breaks off at the page end and continues on the next sheet.