from home though he felt mr s voice with an attempt at dignity i m awful sorry she in while you fellows was here i don t know how to forget it old man rolled out tom s bass come on let s go up to mrs s but it s nearly a quarter to eleven that s all right we can get up there by a little after and mis stays up playing cards till after twelve mr ejaculated under his breath as they entered mrs s � though not on his part the parlor door was open mrs s broad back was toward them and she was announcing to james t and miss with whom she was playing five hundred well i ll just bid seven on hearts if you re going to get so she glanced back our mr i i nodded said come in children picked up the widow and discarded with quick of the cards the f mr feeling like a land compared this smoking woman with the intense respectability of his dear lost patron mrs he sat uneasy till the hand of cards was feeling as though they were only him and was nowhere in sight suddenly said mrs and now yoa would like to look at that room mr unless i m wrong why � � yes i guess i would like to come with me child she said in pretended severity tom you take my hand in the game and don t let me hear you ve been bidding ten on no suit without the she led mr to the hat rack in the hall the third floor back will be vacant in two weeks mr we can go up and look at it now if you d like to the man who has it now works nights � he s some kind of a head waiter at s or something like that and he s out till three or four come when he saw that third floor back the room that the smart people at mrs s were really willing to let him have he felt like a man just engaged it was all in soft green grass green pale green walls chairs of white with green cushions the bed a couch with a cover and four sofa pillows it gave him the i of being a guest on fifth avenue it s kind of a plain room mrs said the furniture is kind of plain but my head wait man � it was furnished tor a friend of his � he says likes it better than any other room in the house it comfortable and you get lots of sunlight and � i ll take how much is it please with she spoke with a take it or leave it defiance fifty a week it was a terrible extravagance much like marrying a sick woman on a salary of ten a week he reflected nine l he enters society eleven fifty left him only seven fifty for clothes and and things and � but i ll take it he said hastily he was frightened at himself but glad very glad he was to live in this heaven he was going to be away from that woman and was she engaged to some man he wondered mrs was saying first i want to ask you some questions though please sit down as she into one of the chairs she suddenly changed from the rolling card player to a woman dignified reserved commanding mr you sec miss and miss are on this floor miss can take care of herself all right but is such a trusting little thing she s like my daughter she s the only one i ve ever given a reduced rate to� and i swore i never would to anybody do you � � drink � drink much i mean on this floor near he had to have this room he forced himself to speak directly i know how you mean mrs no i don t drink much of any � hardly at all just a glass of beer now and then i don t even touch that a week at a time and i don t and � and i do try to keep � er � straight � and all that sort of thing that s good i work for the and art novelty company on twenty eighth street if you want to call them up i guess the manager ii give me a pretty good recommend i don t believe i ll need it mr it s my business to find out what sort of men are by just talking to them she rose smiled out her hand you be nice to won t i m going to fire that out � don t tell him but i am � because he gets too fresh with her she suddenly broke into laughter and ejaculated say that was hard don t you hate to have to be our mr serious let s down and fu make tom or rush us a of beer to welcome you to our midst � � i ll bet your aren t properly fm going to in and take a look at them once i get you up here � � but i won t read your love letters i now let s go down by the where it s i he studies five hundred and lot a snap office on a couch of glossy red leather with glossy black buttons and stiff also of glossy red leather mr william sat upright and was very confiding to miss who was curled among the satin pillows with her skirts drawn carefully about her ankles l he had been at mrs s for two weeks now he wore i a new light blue tie and his trousers were pressed like sheet steel yes i suppose you re engaged to some one miss and 