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...story begins back in his turn-of-the-century childhood, when he is a dutiful teen-ager slaving away in his German-American father's "Lilliputian delicatessen." Father and mother have taught him that his three brothers and a sister are geniuses, but that he is a dolt. He takes it in good grace: "I sure wish I was an artist, a genius, thought Edward, instead of being dumb like I am." Dumb Ed has a dumb friend, a little pet hen that pecks "feverishly at his lips and cheeks" when he is not busy slicing salami...
Four Geniuses & a Dolt. The book begins in epilogue with grey-eyed, whey-faced Edward Enger lying gravely ill on a bed in his mansion after a coronary attack. His wife is beside the bed and beside herself: "Oh my darling, my life, my blood, my hope...
...disaster went as follows. The Elis' number one man, Ned Vare, easily defeated Brock Stoke 6 and 5. The Elis' number two man, Pete Nisselson, came from behind to win one up over Lou Klein. The Elis' number five man, Franz Dolt, routed Roger Fleischman 8 and 7. The Elis' number six man, Jim McCullough, routed Dave Beadie 8 and 6. And the Elis' number seven man, Bob Clark, downed Al Steinert...
...doughty Val, Robert Wagner is false to Harold Foster's hero. The King Syndicate Viking prince is merely a good natured simpleton, not an active dolt. But if Wagner's poor acting makes Val's claim to the sword Excalibur and a seat at the Round table seem bogus, it also makes one question his right to annoy Miss Leigh and hide her from the camera. This comes of sending a squire to do a knight...
After 13 long years of this, Constant decides he has been a dolt and resolves to "risk all to win all." After 13 years, Cécile scarcely expects a change in tactics, and Constant knows it. Words lead to caresses, and the unsuspecting Cécile submits "as much from surprise as from rapture...