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three men looked at him warily。 Then the man in the straw hat 
began to laugh。 
'Go on and snicker。 Sit there and bust your sides open。' 
The men laughed in the slow and easy way that three men 
laugh at one。 Jake brushed the dirt from the soles of his feet 
and put on his shoes。 His fists were closed tight and his mouth 
was contorted with an angry sneer。 'Laugh !that's all you're 
good for。 I hope you sit there and snicker 'til you rot��' As he 
walked stiffly down the street�察�the sound of their laughter and 
catcalls still followed him。 
The main street was brightly lighted。 Jake loitered on a corner�察�
fondling the change in his pocket。 His head throbbed�察�and 
although the night was hot a chill passed through his body。 He 
thought of the mute and he wanted urgently to go back and sit 
with him awhile。 In the fruit and candy store where he had 
bought the newspaper that afternoon he selected a basket of 
fruit wrapped in cellophane。 The Greek behind the counter 
said the price was sixty cents�察�so that when he had paid he was 
left with only a nickel。 As soon as he had come out of the 


store the present seemed a funny one to take a healthy man。 A 
few grapes hung down below�察�the cellophane�察�and he picked 
them off hungrily。 
Singer was at home when he arrived。 He sat by the window 
with the chess game laid out before him on the table。 The 
room was just as Jake had left it�察�with the fan turned on and 
the pitcher of ice water beside the table。 There was a panama 
hat on the bed and a paper parcel�察�so it seemed that the mute 
had just come in。 He jerked his head toward the chair across 
from him at the table and pushed the chessboard to one side。 
He leaned back with his hands in his pockets�察�and his face 
seemed to question Jake about what had happened since he 
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Jake put the fruit on the table。 'For this afternoon��' he said。 
'The motto has been�此�Go out and find an octopus and put socks 
on it。' 
The mute smiled�察�but Jake could not tell if he had caught what 
he had said。 The mute looked at the fruit with surprise and 
then undid the cellophane wrappings。 As he handled the fruits 
there was something very peculiar in the fellow's face。 Jake 
tried to understand this look and was stumped。 Then Singer 
smiled brightly。 
'I got a job this afternoon with a sort of show。 I'm to run the 
flying´jinny。' 
The mute seemed not at all surprised。 He went into the closet 
and brought out a bottle of wine and two glasses。 They drank 
in silence。 Jake felt that he had never been in such a quiet 
room。 The light above his head made a queer reflection of 
himself in the glowing wineglass he held before him!the 
same caricature of himself he had noticed many times before 
on the curved surfaces of pitchers or tin mugs!with his face 
egg´shaped and dumpy and his mustache straggling almost up 
to his ears。 Across from him the mute held his glass in both 
hands。 The wine began to hum through Jake's veins and he felt 
himself entering again the kaleidoscope of drunkenness。 
Excitement made his mustache tremble jerkily。 He leaned 
forward with his elbows on his knees and fastened a wide�察�
searching gaze on Singer。 
'I bet I'm the only man in this town that's been mad! I'm 


talking about really mean mad!for ten solid long years。 I 
damn near got in a fight just a little while ago。 Sometimes it 
seems to me like I might even be crazy。 I just don't know。' 
Singer pushed the wine toward his guest。 Jake drank from the 
bottle and rubbed the top of his head。 
'You see�察�it's like I'm two people。 One of me is an educated 
man。 I been in some of the biggest libraries in the country。 I 
read。 I read all the time。 I read books that tell the pure honest 
truth。 Over there in my suitcase I have books by Karl Marx 
and Thorstein Veblen and such writers as them。 I read them 
over and over�察�and the more I study the madder I get。 I know 
every word printed on every page。 To begin with I like words。 
Dialectic materialism!Jesuitical prevarication'! Jake rolled 
the syllables 

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in his mouth with loving solemnity!'teleological propensity。' 
The mute wiped his forehead with a neatly folded 
handkerchief。 
'But what I'm getting at is this。 When a person knows and can't 
make the others understand�察�what does he do��' 
Singer reached for a wineglass�察�filled it to the brim�察�and put it 
firmly into Jake's bruised hand。 'Get drunk�察�huh��' Jake said 
with a jerk of his arm that spilled drops of wine on his white 
trousers。 'But listen� �Wherever you look there's meanness and 
corruption。 This room�察�this bottle of grape wine�察�these fruits in 
the basket�察�are all products of profit and loss。 A fellow can't 
live without giving his passive acceptance to meanness。 
Somebody wears his tail to a frazzle for every mouthful we eat 
and every stitch we wear !and nobody seems to know。 
Everybody is blind�察�dumb�察�and blunt´headed!stupid and 
mean。' 
Jake pressed his fists to his temples。 His thoughts had 
careened in several directions and he could not get control of 
them。 He wanted to go berserk。 He wanted to get out and fight 
violently with someone in a crowded street。 
Still looking at him with patient interest�察�the mute took out his 
silver pencil。 He wrote very carefully on a slip of paper�察�Are 
you Democrat or Republican�拭�and passed the paper across the 
table。 Jake crumpled it in his hand。 The room had begun to 


turn around him again and he could not even read。 
He kept his eyes on the mute's face to steady himself。 Singer's 
eyes were the only things in the room that did not seem to 
move。 They were varied in color�察�flecked with amber�察�gray�察�
and a soft brown。 He stared at them so long that he almost 
hypnotized himself。 He lost the urge to be riotous and felt 
calm again。 The eyes seemed to understand all that he had 
meant to say and to hold some message for him。 After a while 
the room was steady again。 
'You get it��' he said in a blurred voice。 'You know what I 
mean。' 
From afar off there was the soft�察�silver ring of church bells。 
The moonlight was white on the roof next door and the sky 
was a gentle summer blue。 It was agreed without words that 
Jake would stay with Singer a few days until he found a room。 
When the wine was finished the mute60 

put a mattress on the floor beside the bed。 Without removing 
any of his clothes Jake lay down and was instantly asleep。 
JL AR from the main street�察�in one of the Negro sections of the 
town�察�Doctor Benedict Mady Copeland sat in his dark kitchen 
alone。 It was past nine o'clock and the Sunday bells were 
silent now。 Although the night was very hot�察�there was a small 
fire in the round´bellied wood stove。 Doctor Copeland sat 
close to it�察�leaning forward in a straight´backed kitchen chair 
with his head cupped in his long�察�slender hands。 The red glow 
from the chinks of the stove shone on his face!in this light 
his heavy lips looked almost purple against his black skin�察�and 
his gray hair�察�tight against his skull like a cap of lamb's wool�察�
took on a bluish color also。 He sat motionless in this position 
for a long time。 Even his eyes�察�which stared from behind the 
silver rims of his spectacles�察�did not change their fixed�察�
somber gaze。 Then he cleared his throat harshly�察�and picked 
up a book from the floor beside his chair。 All around him the 
room was very dark�察�and he had to hold the book close to the 
stove to make out the print。 Tonight he read Spinoza。 He did 
not wholly understand the intricate play of ideas and the 
complex phrases�察�but as he read he sensed a strong�察�true 
purpose behind the words and he felt that he almost 
understood。 


Often at night the sharp jangle of the doorbell would rouse 
him from his silence�察�and in the front room he would find a 
patient with a broken bone or with a razor wound。 But this 
evening he was not disturbed。 And after the solitary hours 
spent sitting in the dark kitchen it happened that he began 
swaying slowly from side to side and from his throat there 
came a sound like a kind of singing moan。 He was making this 
sound when Portia came。 
Doctor Copeland knew of her arrival in advance。 From the 

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