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"Armansky was bewildered and also angry with himself for having so obviously misjudged her.  He had taken her for stupid, maybe even retarded.  He had not expected that a girl who had cut so many classes in school that she did not graduate could write a report so gramatically correct.  It also contained detailed observations and information, and he quite simply could not comprehend how she could have aquired such facts." Page 41