`` That was a terrible thing to do '', I said to Oso.

`` But that was war '', I said.

Still, I was disgusted with myself for agreeing with Montero's methods.

In the brief moment I had to talk to them before I took my post on the ring of defenses, I indicated I was sickened by the methods men employed to live and trade on the river.

Next to him was a young boy I was sure had sat near me at one of the trading sessions.

Now under me I could see him for what he really was, a boy dressed up in streaks of paint.

Such was my state of mind that I did not question the possibility of this ; ;

under the circumstances I was only too willing to confess all.

I was nearly thirty at the time.

It was dark and, I sensed, very large ; ;

Sometimes I was aware of people moving about in the darkness.

This impressed me, until I realized how limited was his sphere of influence.

I felt certain he was really a spineless little man.

Once, pressing him, I learned that his job was only part-time, in the afternoons when nothing went on in the hall.

In the mornings, I was informed, fluorescent tubes, similar to the one above the counter, illuminated the entire hall.

I was shown, instead, a batch of white tickets of the sort handed out, he told me, every morning.

Now, here was something of obvious importance to me, yet when I reached for the tickets he snatched them away from my hand.

It was, I felt, possible that they were men who, having received no tickets for that day, had remained in the hall, to sleep perhaps, in the corners farthest removed from the counter with its overhead light.

I felt certain it was self-appointed.

I decided to see no more of the clerk until the processing of my papers was completed.

I was constantly searching for clues around the neighborhood of the hall.

And you wanted no part of me when I had so much to give.

`` I made you so you could stand up.

I remember being told it would happen so fast people would think it took place overnight.

`` Not a danged thing but rattlesnakes, so I reckon I'll get the boss rattler to help me ''.

Now turn around so I can see your face ''.

I just wanted to hear you say so ''.

`` Moriarty '', my driver suddenly exclaimed with something so definite, so final in his tone I once more repeated the absurdity, mustering all my latent powers of hypocrisy to sound convinced.

The way his red rubber lips were stretched across his pearly little teeth I thought he was only having a little joke, but, no, he wanted me to bend down from the roar of wind so he could roar something into my ear.

She was still hugging the stained coat around her, so I said, `` Relax, let me take your things.

I was so scared well, I just ran to my car and came here ''.

I didn't get a good look at him at all, his back was to me, and I was so scared It was just somebody in a man's suit.

`` And I so want the part '', she said.

I said, `` O.K., so now only Blake knows.

I worked for my Uncle ( an Uncle by marriage so you will not think this has a mild undercurrent of incest ) who ran one of those antique shops in New Orleans' Vieux Carre, the old French Quarter.

`` I guess so '', she said.

I think I have a way so we can carry on without his suspecting us ''.

If you tell him I made a pass at you he might think you misunderstood something I said or did, so instead of just telling him I made a pass, say I tried to date you and that you agreed so you could prove to him what a louse I really am.

I know that I myself felt that it was a mortal shame for a man to be torn open by a British musket ball, as Isaac had been, yet I also felt relieved and lucky that it had been him and not myself.

I was lucky they let me go, I guess ''.

I was lucky in lots of ways, no doubt about it.

" The show is very fortunate to have Harry's extraordinary talent, and I'm lucky because I get to work with my friend.

" is actually a rewording of the original dialogue: " You've got to ask yourself one question: ' Do I feel lucky?

In his induction speech in 1966, Williams included a statement calling for the recognition of the great Negro Leagues players: " I've been a very lucky guy to have worn a baseball uniform, and I hope some day the names of Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson in some way can be added as a symbol of the great Negro players who are not here only because they weren't given a chance.

When Beckett was asked why Lucky was so named, he replied, " I suppose he is lucky to have no more expectations ..."

She said when accepting the award that her dad would probably quip, " Well, ain't I lucky.

If I get through this one I will be very lucky.

' I have worked hard, but I have also been very lucky ,' he said.

* In the song " Blak iz Blak " for the movie Bamboozled, rapper muMs ' opening verse-mentioning reparations, the American slave trade, and the oppression of people of color, among other things-ends with " The way Franz Fanon put it, you lucky I ain't read Wretched yet!

I try to instill the lucky part of my life in each house that I do.

I was also lucky that I didn't have anybody to copy, be impressed by.

God, I just felt so lucky because this thing paid my rent for the longest time.

* " I thought that I had a duty to help those that weren't as lucky as me.

" Burke recalled: " I put my own feelings and words to it, and was lucky enough by the grace of God to capture the song, when it was in P. D., able to have a copyright on it.

It really was and continues to be a dream come true, and I feel lucky that we got the opportunity to work with him.