Sentence:  It dawns on you that instead of a lump to fill the seat across the bridge table from you , he was a man , and that because Gratt Shafer was making you miserable , you were passing it down to him , to Gratt Shafer 's substitute , that other <WSD>guy</WSD> . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  an informal term for a youth or man