How do you think silky Bob would have felt when he realise that he had spoken to petrol manuals without realising it?
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After Twenty Years by O. Henry
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When does Bob realize that the man to whom he is talking is not Jimmy Wells, and how does he react in "After Twenty Years"?
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Bob realizes that the man with whom he talks is not Jimmy Wells after they walk under the brilliant electric lights of a drug store. He is startled that this man is a stranger, and he exclaims, "You're not Jimmy Wells!" Bob then points to the man's differences from his old friend.
In what once was the doorway of his and Jimmy's favorite restaurant, "Silky Bob" has waited twenty minutes for his old friend after having spoken to the beat patrolman. Then, he sees a man with his coat collar turned up approaching...