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8 Ever again.

CHAPTER 42
1 Yes, my gift is a asimple one,
2 Simply expressed.
3 bIt is time to wash our hands of everything,
4 And quit pretending that it will ever get fixed,
5 cAnd just stop thinking about it altogether,
6 dAnd do whatever we want to do,
7 eWhenever we want to do it,
8 fNo matter who gets hurt,
9 gAs long as it isn't us.
10 Now, isn't that what you've all been waiting to hear someone say,
11 Forever?

CHAPTER 43
1 And then the crowd went absolutely nuts,
2 And cheered Harry to the skies,
3 Until some of them started to wonder about what he had just said,
4 hBecause it sounded too good to be true,
5 And so they demanded to know if he was just kidding,
6 Or did he really really mean it,
7 Because they really really wanted it to be true.

CHAPTER 44
1 I am completely on the level, Harry told them,
2 And in fact, if this iLiberty Bell actually worked,
3 I would jring it,
4 kBecause the gift I am bringing you is freedom,
5 And I'd just love to let it ring out all over the place,
a.Wil.28.6-7
Wil.31.13-14
b.Vin.4.19-21
c.Vin.34.3
d.Wil.26.8
e.Wil.26.9
f.Wil.26.10
g.Wil.26.16
h.Psay.5A.42
i.Vin.38.9-10
j.Psom.24.3-4
k.Wil.26.6
l.Yks.11.7-12
m.Psom.73.1-14
Wil.7.6
Brd.24.14-19
Forg.9.2-9
n.Grk.20.7-8
Frog.12.7-8
Brit.27.13-14
Krt.28.3-4
Yks.15.13-14
Yks.25.1-2
Yks.97.1-11
Hall.15.7-15
o.Vin.31.2
p.Vin.33.3
q.Wil.64.10
r.Vin.27.7
s.Vin.37.1-2
t.Vin.37.7
6 Except that the bell is lcracked,
7 And has been for a long long time,
8 Without anybody ever bothering to fix it,
9 Just like a lot of other old msymbols and nideas,
10 And so we'll ring in the new age of freedom in a different way,
11 Such as the way we ring in the New Year,
12 Which is to say with an incredible amount of alcohol and other mind-altering substances,
13 If that's okay with you.
14 So what do you say?

CHAPTER 45
1 And when the crowd had thought it over for a few seconds,
2 They decided that they would just love to ring in the new age with a lot of alcohol and mind-altering substances,
3 oAnd so they washed their hands of everything,
4 And then commenced to drink and shout and carry on,
5 For hours,
6 Until all of the pfollowers passed out and had to be taken to the qhotel by Angels,
7 And then for a few hours longer than that,
8 Until even rHarry passed out and had to be carted to the hotel in the back of a swhite convertible,
9 Covered with tpretzels.

CHAPTER 46
1 After their stupendous welcome in Philadelphia,