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He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the

time", he thought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough

sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For

instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the

morning to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always

still sitting there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try

that with my boss; I'd get kicked out on the spot. But who knows,

maybe that would be the best thing for me. If I didn't have my

parents to think about I'd have given in my notice a long time

ago, I'd have gone up to the boss and told him just what I think,

tell him everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He'd

fall right off his desk! And it's a funny sort of business to be

sitting up there at your desk, talking down at your subordinates

from up there, especially when you have to go right up close

because the boss is hard of hearing.