Reservations Recommended, Chapter 7 continues: AT FIRST Matthew feels only astonishment, disbelief, something like the shock from a blow. As if he’d had the wind knocked out of him, for a moment he can’t seem to breathe. In another moment he’s sucking air into his lungs fiercely but can’t seem to get any oxygen from it. Then he droops, all his energy gone at once, and feels like a fool, that he’s been played for a fool and deserved it. ...
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Reservations Recommended, Chapter 7 continues: AT FIRST Matthew feels only astonishment, disbelief, something like the shock from a blow. As if he’d had the wind knocked out of him, for a moment he can’t seem to breathe. In another moment he’s sucking air into his lungs fiercely but can’t seem to get any oxygen from it. Then he droops, all his energy gone at once, and feels like a fool, that he’s been played for a fool and deserved it. ...