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December 1976 I have lived in Boston for almost five years.Handled business with my father at the bank until his retirement.To be honest, I also missed being a lawyer and handling cases at first.But the more I went on, the more meaningful my job at Barrett, Ward, and Seymour was.Because, the companies and enterprises that we have worked hard to raise funds have created many employment opportunities.I think that's something I can be proud of. Speaking of employment or non-employment, our factories in Fall River City are still thriving.Seriously, if there's one thing that frustrates workers in a factory, it's that they're frustrated on the playing field.

Every summer when the field trip is held, there is always a softball match between the workers team and the general management team.Since I joined the general management team, the situation of the workers' team winning every year has been reversed immediately.I had a 604 batting average (no bragging, folks) and seven home runs in four years.I think the other party is probably looking forward to my retirement soon. There are so many companies that we have provided financial assistance to, it is impossible to report them all in the Wall Street Journal.For example, there is a Phil Bakery, which was not mentioned in the report.Phil's bakery has moved to Fort Lauderdale.Cranston was so cold in the winter that it was hard to see the sun, and Phil's health suffered a little, and Florida couldn't have been better.

①In the southeastern part of Florida, it is a city with more than 100,000 people. He always calls me once a month.I often ask him about his social life, and I know there are plenty of suitable women in his circle.He always avoids the problem with the phrase "it will become clear" and then immediately turns to my social life. My social life is not boring.I live in Beacon Hill, which has become famous as a colony of recent college graduates.It is not difficult to make some new friends.Not all of my new friends were from the business world.Stanley Newman, who often drinks a spoonful with me, is a pianist who specializes in jazz.Another example is Gianni Bania, an up-and-coming painter.

① Beacon Hill in Boston is the seat of the state legislature of Massachusetts. My old friends naturally still have a past with me.The Simpsons had a boy, and now Gwen was pregnant with a second.They come to Boston for football games and stuff, and they always stay at my house.My living quarters are quite spacious. Steve told me that Joanna Stein was married to Martin Jaffe, and I figured that must be the ophthalmologist and oboist.They live on the west coast now. According to a tidbit I read in the Time magazine, Miss Binningdale had recently remarried.The other was a man named Preston Elder ("Thirty-seven, practicing law in Washington").

I figured this marriage epidemic would eventually catch on to me too.Recently I've been dating Anne Gilbert, a distant cousin of mine.But at the moment I can't say how serious it is. Thanks to the hockey fans who voted for me, I'm also Harvard's ethos director.Now I have a legitimate reason to go to Cambridge, not a Harvard person, but I still pretend to be a Harvard person.Compared with those years ago, college students nowadays seem to be much younger and more slovenly.But what qualifications do I have to make irresponsible remarks?I have to wear a tie because of my job. That's how life always challenges me.I am always busy from morning till night.I get great satisfaction from my job.Yes, although I am a member of the Barrett family, it is my greatest joy to fulfill my responsibilities.

I am still in good health.Every evening, I always go for a run by the Charles River. If you can run five miles, look up and see the lights of Harvard on the other side.I have seen all the places I walked in those happy years. It was already dark on the way back. To pass the time, I always reminisce about the past while running. Sometimes I can't help but ask myself: what would happen to me if Jenny were alive today? My answer is: I must be alive too.