Stuart Page’s buddy, Nigel, gets the girls and does a lot of philosophizing in Your Silent Face. Here’s an excerpt where Nigel reveals his “Four Stages of Belief” at Thoma’s (a coney island) while an intoxicated Stuart fantasizes about the waitress and bitterly observes Kimberly and Karen fawning over Nigel.

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