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Senator Richard Cromwell awakened， and
with a sigh of resignation accepted the fact
that it was five o clock in the morning. He had
not yet glanced at his music-first-tinkle-and-
then-firm-alarm Japanese bedside clock， nor
as it necessary. It was five o clock. Senator
romwell was fifty-seven years old， and ever
since he had turned fifty-six he had awakened
in the morning at five with a bursting bladder.
He had mentioned this once to Dr. Gillespie
at the club bar， and Gillespie had said， \"Well，
you re fifty-six， take it or leave it，\" whatever
that meant. Stumbling sleepily into his bath-
room and urinating， the senator recalled the
brief passage with Gillespie and murmured，
\"Horse s ass.\" It was a cold summer morning.
The senator closed the window and rolled
back into bed.
The five o clock awakening was not all neg-
ative. It gave him the right to a delicious half
hour， warm and secure under the covers，
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