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By Jack Joseph Smith

demanded but he would sit with a group when he up in the hollow mad or just plain getting something off his chest. And he went home at night after each of his three turns of morning... swing and graveyard. Although The farmer chewing on that big cigar pained lanky body sw squinting through his eyes while they swabbed the wooden hallways spit shinning over and over the wax. process forming about where a man came with the boys about where they are right now as single sile their feet slid the rags as their eyes waited for the turns that would take them out of sight of Cid.

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AI Interpretation

GPT

Even in damaged form, the page keeps its focus on work detail, institutional discipline, and the boys' wary relation to Cid.

Much of the phrasing is unstable, but the situation comes through clearly enough: hallways, shifts, cigars, wax, orders, and waiting for turns out of sight. The page feels trapped inside routine, which is exactly why its scraps of observation matter.

Claude

Direct continuation: Cigar Cid the guard chews on his cigar while the boys swab wax down the hallway and wait for his turn to pass so they can slide the rags without being watched.