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about her on which he could fasten his attention�察�and his gaze 
glided from her pale brown hair to the stumpy outline of her 
feet beneath the cover。 The soft curves of her face led to the 
roundness of her hips and thighs。 When he was away from her 
there was no one feature that stood out in his mind and he 
remembered her as a complete�察�unbroken figure。 
;The enjoyment of a spectacle is something you have never 
known��' he said。 
Her voice was tired。 ;That fellow downstairs is a spectacle�察�all 
right�察�and a circus too。 But I'm through putting up with him。' 
'Hell�察�the man don't mean anything to me。 He's no relative or 
buddy of mine。 But you don't know what it is to store up a 
whole lot of details and then come upon something real。' He 
turned on the hot water and quickly began to shave。 
It was the morning of May 15�察�yes�察�that Jake Blount had come 
in。 He had noticed him immediately and watched。 The man 
was short�察�with heavy shoulders like beams。 He had a small�察�
ragged mustache�察�and beneath this his lower lip looked as 
though it had been stung by a wasp。 There were many things 
about the fellow that seemed contrary。 His head was very 
large and well´shaped�察�but his neck was soft and slender as a 
boy's。 The mustache looked false�察�as if it had been stuck on for 
a costume party and would fall off if he talked too fast。 It 
made him seem almost middle´aged�察�although his face with its 
high�察�smooth forehead and wide´open eyes was young。 His 
hands were huge�察�stained�察�and calloused�察�and he was dressed 
in a cheap white´linen suit。 There was something very funny 
about the man�察�yet at the same time another feeling would not 
let you laugh。 
He ordered a pint of liquor and drank it straight in half an 
hour。 Then he sat at one of the booths and ate a big 

chicken dinner。 Later he read a book and drank beer。 That was 
the beginning。 And although Biff had noticed Blount very 
carefully he would never have guessed about the crazy things 
that happened later。 Never had he seen a man change so many 
times in twelve days。 Never had he seen a fellow drink so 
much�察�stay drunk so long。 
Biff pushed up the end of his nose with his thumb and shaved 


his upper lip。 He was finished and his face seemed cooler。 
Alice was asleep when he went through the bedroom on the 
way downstairs。 
The suitcase was heavy。 He carried it to the front of the 
restaurant�察�behind the cash register�察�where he usually stood 
each evening。 Methodically he glanced around the place。 A 
few customers had left and the room was not so crowded�察�but 
the set´up was the same。 The deaf´mute still drank coffee by 
himself at one of the middle tables。 The drunk had not stopped 
talking。 He was not addressing anyone around him in 
particular�察�nor was anyone listening。 When he had come into 
the place that evening he wore those blue overalls instead of 
the filthy linen suit he had been wearing the twelve days。 His 
socks were gone and his ankles were scratched and caked with 
mud。 
Alertly Biff picked up fragments of his monologue。 The 
fellow seemed to be talking some queer kind of politics again。 
Last night he had been talking about places he had been! 
about Texas and Oklahoma and the Carolinas。 Once he had 
got on the subject of cat´houses�察�and afterward his jokes got so 
raw he had to be hushed up with beer。 But most of the time 
nobody was sure just what he was saying。 Talk!talk!talk。 
The words came out of his throat like a cataract。 And the thing 
was that the accent he used was always changing�察�the kinds of 
words he used。 Sometimes he talked like a linthead and 
sometimes nice a professor。 He would use words a foot long 
and then slip up on his grammar。 It was hard to tell what kind 
of folks he had or what part of the country he was from。 He 
was always changing。 Thoughtfully Biff fondled the tip of his 
nose。 There was no connection。 Yet connection usually went 
with brains。 This man had a good mind�察�all right�察�but he went 
from one thing to another without any reason behind it at all。 
He was like a man thrown off his track by something。14 

Biff leaned his weight on the counter and began to peruse the 
evening newspaper。 The headlines told of a decision by the 
Board of Aldermen�察�after four months' deliberation�察�that the 
local budget could not afford traffic lights at certain dangerous 
intersections of the town。 The left column reported on the war 
in the Orient。 Biff read them both with equal attention。 As his 


eyes followed the print the rest of his senses were on the alert 
to the various commotions that went on around him。 When he 
had finished the articles he still stared down at the newspaper 
with his eyes half´closed。 He felt nervous。 The fellow was a 
problem�察�and before morning he would have to make some 
sort of settlement with him。 Also�察�he felt without knowing 
why that something of importance would happen tonight。 The 
fellow could not keep on forever。 
Biff sensed that someone was standing in the entrance and he 
raised his eyes quickly。 A gangling�察�towheaded youngster�察�a 
girl of about twelve�察�stood looking in the doorway。 She was 
dressed in khaki shorts�察�a blue shirt�察�and tennis shoes!so that 
at first glance she was like a very young boy。 Biff pushed 
aside the paper when he saw her�察�and smiled when she came 
up to him。 
'Hello�察�Mick。 Been to the Girl Scouts��' 
'No��' she said。 'I don't belong to them。' 
From the corner of his eye he noticed that the drunk slammed 
his fist down on a table and turned away from the men to 
whom he had been talking。 Biffs voice roughened as he spoke 
to the youngster before him。 
'Your folks know you're out after midnight��' 
'It's O。K。 There's a gang of kids playing out late on our block 
tonight。' 
He had never seen her come into the place with anyone her 
own age。 Several years ago she had always tagged behind her 
older brother。 The Kellys were a good´sized family in 
numbers。 Later she would come in pulling a couple of snotty 
babies in a wagon。 But if she wasn't nursing or trying to keep 
up with the bigger ones�察�she was by herself。 Now the kid stood 
there seeming not to be able to make up her mind what she 
wanted。 She kept pushing back her damp�察�whitish hair with 
the palm of her hand。 
'I'd like a pack of cigarettes�察�please。 The cheapest kind'。 
Biff started to speak�察�hesitated�察�and then reached his 

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hand inside the counter。 Mick brought out a handkerchief and 
began untying the knot in the corner where she kept her 
money。 As she gave the knot a jerk the change clattered to the 


floor and rolled toward Blount�察�who stood muttering to 
himself。 For a moment he stared in a daze at the coins�察�but 
before the kid could go after them he squatted down with 
concentration and picked up the money。 He walked heavily to 
the counter and stood jiggling the two pennies�察�the nickel�察�and 
the dime in his palm。 
'Seventeen cents for cigarettes now��' 
Biff waited�察�and Mick looked from one of them to the other。 
The drunk stacked the money into a little pile on the counter�察�
still protecting it with his big�察�dirty hand。 Slowly he picked up 
one penny and flipped it down。 
'Five mills for the crackers who grew the weed and five for the 
dupes who rolled it��' he said。 'A cent for you�察�Biff。' Then he 
tried to focus his eyes so that he could read the mottoes on the 
nickel and dime。 He kept fingering the two coins and moving 
them around in a circle。 At last he pushed them away。 'And 
that's a humble homage to liberty。 To democracy and tyranny。 
To freedom and piracy。' 
Calmly Biff picked up the money and rang it into the till。 
Mick looked as though she wanted to hang around awhile。 She 
took in the drunk with one long gaze�察�and then she turned her 
eyes to the middle of the room where the mute sat at his table 
alone。 After a moment Blount also glanced now and then in 
the same direction。 The mute sat silently over his glass of 
beer�察�idly drawing on the table with the end of a burnt 
matchstick。 
Jake Blount was the first to speak。 'It's funny�察�but I been seeing 
that fellow in my sleep for the past three or four nights。 He 
won't leave me alone。 

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