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 George watched him out, and then he turned back to the
swamper. "Say, what the hell’s he got on his shoulder? Lennie
didn’t do nothing to him."
 The old man looked cautiously at the door to make sure no one
was listening. "That’s the boss’s son," he said quietly. "Curley’s
pretty handy. He done quite a bit in the ring. He’s a lightweight,
and he’s handy."
 "Well, let him be handy," said George, "He don’t have to take after
Lennie. Lennie didn’t do nothing to him. What’s he got against
Lennie?"
 The swamper considered..... "Well.... tell you what. Curley’s like a
lot of little guys. He hates big guys. He’s alla time picking scraps
with big guys. Kind of like he's mad at ’em because he ain’t a big
guy. You seen little guys like that, ain’t you? Always scrappy?"