Golden Boy

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Paula Astridge. Golden Boy

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GOLDEN BOY

THE ALBERT SPEER STORY

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Whether Wolters’ remarkable constitution was a result of sheer will power or his having become inured to poverty was anyone’s guess, but the man was as strong and stubborn as an ox. Stubborn first and foremost about his radical political beliefs and devotion to those he loved. It just so happened that he loved Albert best. In fact, he was having trouble diverting his attention to anyone or anything else. His fixation was focused, just as his eyes were on Albert, monitoring his every move, his every gesture, his every word.

Albert, of course, was wholly unaware that he had become the object of his friend’s intense interest; an interest which had turned quickly from hobby to habit and was now teetering on the verge of obsession. In the last few weeks Wolters had thought of little else and was almost at the point of giving Albert’s welfare precedence over his own. Not only was Wolters happy to live each moment of his life in his friend’s dynamic presence, but was now letting thoughts of him encroach on his privacy when he was alone and studying in his room.

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