The story concerns a Vietnam veteran's penance after the war. The main character
in this story is Willie Shearman, and the story takes place over a single day in
December 1983. At first we see him commuting from Connecticut to New York City
like any normal businessman; we then discover that he elaborately disguises
himself as a blind beggar who takes hundreds of dollars a day in donations from
passersby, keeping the bills for himself and distributing the coins to various
churches and charities. We also learn that he was in combat with John Sullivan,
and saved his life; and that Willie keeps a scrapbook about Carol Gerber, and
has never forgotten the day that she was beaten up by Harry Doolin while he and
Richie O'Meara held her down.

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