The grizzled cook stood with his shoes off, having left them at the door, and with his lambskin hat clutched in his hand.

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His shoes and socks were off, left inside the office with the abandoned magazines, the Kmart portraits of his kids, and the discarded swatches from his trousers and polo.

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