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Brother Linus William

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Brother Linus William came to us from the house of studies at Catholic University, where he studied for a masters in mathematics. He had a flair for the dramatic, and a temper to match. But he was also genuinely considerate of us all. He had grown up in the Irish section of Harlem and well understood the backgrounds of lower middle class boys like ourselves. Brother Linus' room was in the southeast corner of the second floor, probably Payne's master bedroom. Linus had set up a bedroom but a small office there. Usually you weren't called to meet him there, because that almost always meant you were in trouble...