Word: lyle
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lyle. "He never greets a guest," said Barbara. "It's unrealistic," said Lyle...
...Only when we're alone," said Lyle, "or with other people...
...very good," said Lyle...
Hours passed, dinner passed, Jim went to bed, and Lyle, over brandy, reflected on his lot. He had been a high school teacher in California, a respected one, and he had enjoyed the classroom but abhorred the system, for reasons he did not expand. He quit after 24 years and withdrew $40,000 from his state teachers' retirement account. He paid $103,000 for the inn, called Greenhurst. He was 54 years old. Barbara, a registered nurse, was 44. Greenhurst was 90. Bethel...
...evening, Lyle lit a fine cigar. In his new life, he said, talking to his guests was the part he liked best. He raised his snifter, and when he drank, the snifter pushed his half-spectacles from the tip of his nose to the bridge. When he removed the snifter, the eyeglasses slid back, like a beginning skier on a beginners slope...