Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

A Clean, Well-Lighted Place

Why does the middle aged man say the old man isn't in a hurry to go home?

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The waiter (middle-aged) believes the old man stays so late because he doesn't have anyone to go home to.... he's lonely.

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A Clean, Well-Lighted Place

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