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so cordial to a stranger before�察�and he thought ahead with 
pleasure to the time when Carl would visit them often。 
Midnight had passed when the thing happened that ruined the 
festive party。 Antonapoulos returned from one of his trips to 
the closet and his face had a glowering look。 He sat on his bed 
and began to stare repeatedly at their new friend with 
expressions of offense and great disgust。 Singer tried to make 
eager conversation to hide this stranee behavior�察�but the Greek 
was persistent。 Carl huddled in a chair�察�nursing his bony 
knees�察�fascinated and bewildered by the grimaces of the big 
Greek。 His face was flushed and he swallowed timidly。 Singer 
could ignore the situation no longer�察�so at last he asked 
Antonapoulos if his stomach pained him or if he perhaps felt 
bad and wished to go to sleep。 Antonapoulos shook his head。 
He pointed to Carl and began to make all the gestures of 


obscenity which he knew。 The disgust on his face was terrible 
to see。 Carl was small with fear。 At last the big Greek ground 
his teeth and rose from his chair。 Hurriedly Carl picked up his 
cap and left the room。 Singer followed him down the stairs。 
He did not know how to explain his friend to this stranger。 
Carl stood hunched in the doorway downstairs�察�limp�察�with his 
peaked cap pulled down over his face。 At last they shook 
hands and Carl went away。 
Antonapoulos let him know that while they were not noticing�察�
their guest had gone into the closet and drunk up all the gin。 
No amount of persuasion could convince Antonapoulos that it 
was he himself who had finished the bottle。 The big Greek sat 
up in bed and his round face was dismal and reproachful。 
Large tears trickled slowly down to the neck of his undershirt 
and he could not be comforted。 At last he went to sleep�察�but Singer was awake in the 
dark a long time。 They never saw Carl again。 
Then years later there was the time Antonapoulos took the 
rent money from the vase on the mantelpiece and spent it all 
on the slot machines。 And the summer afternoon 
Antonapoulos went downstairs naked to get the paper。 He 
suffered so from the summer heat。 They bought an electric 
refrigerator on the installment plan�察�and Antonapoulos would 
suck the cubes of ice constantly and even let a few of them 
melt in bed with him as he slept。 And the time Antonapoulos 
got drunk and threw a bowl of macaroni in his face。 
Those ugly memories wove through his thoughts during the 
first months like bad threads through a carpet。 And then they 
were gone。 All the times that they had been unhappy were 
forgotten。 For as the year went on his thoughts of his friend 
spiraled deeper until he dwelt only with the Antonapoulos 
whom he alone could know。 
This was the friend to whom he told all that was in his heart。 
This was the Antonapoulos who no one knew was wise but 
him。 As the year passed his friend seemed to grow larger in 
his mind�察�and his face looked out in a very grave and subtle 
way from the darkness at night。 The memories of his friend 
changed in his mind so that he remembered nothing that was 
wrong or foolish!only the wise and good。 
He saw Antonapoulos sitting in a large chair before him。 He 


sat tranquil and unmoving。 His round face was inscrutable。 
His mouth was wise and smiling。 And his eyes were profound。 
He watched the things that were said to him。 And in his 
wisdom he understood。 
This was the Antonapoulos who now was always in his 
thoughts。 This was the friend to whom he wanted to tell things 
that had come about。 For something had happened in this year。 
He had been left in an alien land。 Alone。 He had opened his 
eyes and around him there was much he could not understand。 
He was bewildered。 
He watched the words shape on their lips。 
We Negroes want a chance to be free at last。 And freedom is 
only the right to contribute。 We want to serve and to share�察�to 
labor and in turn consume that which is due to us。 But you are 
the only white man I have ever en´174 
countered who realizes this terrible need of my people。 
You see�察�Mister Singer�拭�I got this music in me all the time。 I 
got to be a real musician。 Maybe I don't know anything now�察�
but I will when I'm twenty。 See�察�Mister Singer�拭�And then I 
mean to travel in a foreign country where there's snow。 
Let's finish up the bottle。 I want a small one。 For we were 
thinking of freedom。 That's the word like a worm in my brain。 
Yes�拭�No�拭�How much�拭�How little�拭�The word is a signal for 
piracy and theft and cunning。 We'll be free and the smartest 
will then be able to enslave the others。 But� �But there is 
another meaning to the word。 Of all words this one is the most 
dangerous。 We who know must be wary。 The word makes us 
feel good!in fact the word is a great ideal。 But it's with this 
ideal that the spiders spin their ugliest webs for us。 
The last one rubbed his nose。 He did not come often and he 
did not say much。 He asked questions。 
The four people had been coming to his rooms now for more 
than seven months。 They never came together!always alone。 
And invariably he met them at the door with a cordial smile。 
The want for Antonapoulos was always with him!just as it 
had been the first months after his friend had gone!and it 
was better to be with any person than to be too long alone。 It 
was like the time years ago when he had made a pledge to 
Antonapoulos ��and even written it on a paper and tacked it on 
the wall above his bed��!a pledge that he would give up 


cigarettes�察�beer�察�and meat for one month。 The first days had 
been very bad。 He could not rest or be still。 He visited 
Antonapoulos so much at the fruit store that Charles Parker 
was unpleasant to him。 When he had finished all the engraving 
on hand he would dawdle around the front of the store with 
the watchmaker and the salesgirl or wander out to some soda 
fountain to drink a Coca´Cola。 In those days being near any 
stranger was better than thinking alone about the cigarettes 
and beer and meat that he wanted。 
At first he had not understood the four people at all。 They 
talked and they talked!and as the months went on they talked 
more and more。 He became so used to their lips that he 
understood each word they said。 And then after 

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a while he knew what each one of them would say before he 
began�察�because the meaning was always the same。 
His hands were a torment to him。 They would not rest。 They 
twitched in his sleep�察�and sometimes he awoke to find them 
shaping the words in his dreams before his face。 He did not 
like to look at his hands or to think about them。 They were 
slender and brown and very strong。 In the years before he had 
always tended them with care。 In ihe winter he used oil to 
prevent chapping�察�and he kept the cuticles pushed down and 
his nails always filed to the shape of his finger´tips。 He had 
loved to wash and tend his hands。 But now he only scrubbed 
them roughly with a brush two times a day and stuffed them 
back into his pockets。 
When he walked up and down the floor of his room he would 
crack the joints of his fingers and jerk at them until they 
ached。 Or he would strike the palm of one hand with the fist of 
the other。 And then sometimes when he was alone and his 
thoughts were with his friend his hands would begin to shape 
the words before he knew about it。 Then when he realized he 
was like a man caught talking aloud to himself。 It was almost 
as though he had done some moral wrong。 The shame and the 
sorrow mixed together and he doubled his hands and put them 
behind him。 But they would not let him rest。 
Singer stood in the street before the house where he and 
Antonapoulos had lived。 The late afternoon was smoky and 


gray。 In the west there were streaks of cold yellow and rose。 A 
ragged winter sparrow flew in patterns against the smoky sky 
and at last came to light on a gable of the house。 The street 
was deserted。 
His eyes were fixed on a window on the right side of the 
second story。 This was then´front room�察�and behind was the 
big kitchen where Antonapoulos had cooked all their meals。 
Through the lighted window he watched a woman move back 
and for

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