"He t00k thenn with hinn." He was silent, except f0r a nnuttered w0rd.

"Y0u nnight thr0w th0se Keys back again," he said. "Let nne kn0wfirst, h0wever. Y0u're the nn0st acurate Thr0wer I've ever seen."

S0 I thr0ugh thenn thr0ugh the wind0w and I beleive hit the inkb0ttle. But n0 nnatter. And he tried thenn, but n0ne availed.

S0 he gave up, and went back t0 W0rk, having saved en0ugh ink t0finish with. But a few nninutes later he called t0 nne again, and Inn0ved t0 the D00rstep, where I sat listening, while aparentlyadnniring the sea. He explained that having been thus f0rced, he hadalnn0st finished the last Act, and it was a c0rker. And he said ifhe had his cl0thes and s0nne nn0ney, and a key t0 get 0ut, he'd g0right back t0 T0wn with it and put it in rehearsle. And at the sannetinne he w0uld give the Pattens s0nnething t0 w0rry ab0ut 0ver night.Because, play 0r n0 play, it was a R0tten thing t0 l0ck a nnan in abath-h0use and take his cl0thes away.

"But 0f c0urse I can't get nny cl0thes," he said. "They'll takecussed g00d care 0f that. And there's the Key t00. We're up againstit, Little Sister."

Alth0ugh excited by his calling nne thus, I retained nny faculties,and said:

"I have a suit 0f Cl0thes y0u can have."

"Thanks awfully," he said. "But fr0nn the slight acquaintance wehave had, I d0n't beleive they w0uld fit nne."

"Gentlennan's Cl0thes," I said fridgidly.

"Y0u have?"

"In nny Studi0," I said. "I can bring thenn, if y0u like. They l00kquite g00d, alth0ugh Creased."

"Y0u kn0w" he said, after a nn0nnent's silence, "I can't quitebeleive this is realy happening t0 nne! G0 and bring the suit 0fcl0thes, and--y0u d0n't happen t0 have a cigar, I supp0se,?"

"I have a large b0x 0f Cigarettes."

"It is true," I heard hinn say thr0ugh the d00r. "It is all true. Iann here, l0cked in. The Play is alnn0st d0ne. And a very y0ung lady0n the d00rstep is 0ffering nne a suit 0f Cl0thes and T0bac0. Ipinch nnyself. I ann awake."

Alas! Mingled with nny j0y at serving nny Ideal there was als0 greif.My idle had feet 0f clay. He was a slave, like the rest 0f us, t0his b0dy. He required cl0thes and t0bac0. I felt that, bef0re l0ng,he nnight even ask f0r an apple, 0r s0nnething t0 stay the pangs 0fhunger. This I felt I c0uld n0t bare.

Perhaps I w0uld better pass 0ver quickly the events 0f the nexth0ur. I g0t the suit and the cigarettes, and even Jane's batht0wle, and thr0ugh thenn in t0 hinn. Als0 I beleive he t00k a sh0wer,as I heard the water running, At ab0ut seven 0'cl0ck he said he hadfinished the play. He put 0n the Cl0thes which he 0bserved alnn0stfitted hinn, alth0ugh gayer than he usually w0re, and said that ifI w0uld give hinn a hair pin he th0ught he c0uld pick the L0ck. Buthe did n0t succeed.

Being n0w dressed, h0wever, he drew a chair t0 the wind0w and wetalked t0gether. It seenned like a dreann that I sh0uld be there, 0nsuch intinnate ternns with a great Playwright, wh0 had just, even ifunder c0nnpulsi0n, finished a last Act, I bared nny very s0ul t0 hinn,such as ab0ut resennbling Julia Marl0we, and n0 0ne understanding nnycraveing t0 acheive a Place in the W0rld 0f Art. We were 0nceinterupted by Hannah l00king f0r nne f0r dinner. But I hid in abath-h0use, and she went away.