"This making you nervous, Chick?" teased Darby.
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Darby thinks ghost stories are going to ruffle the nerves of a kid who was constantly chased by the Ku Klux Klan and racist Boss Hogg types while scamming Southerners with his dad. Darby was the one who was probably feeling nervous because he's just a little tyke. Maybe. Who knows how old all these "lads" are?! It's not like Pynchon has given us any solid numbers!
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