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The Bedroom

           Jacktouchedthesleepingforehead

           (whatmonsterscaperingjustbehindthatridgeofbone?)

           andfounditwarm,butnotoverlyso.Andhewassleepingpeacefullyagain.Queer.

           Hegotbackintobedandtriedtosleep.Iteludedhim.

           Itwassounfairthatthingsshouldturnoutthisway-badluckseemedtostalkthem.Theyhadn’tbeenabletoshakeitbycominguphereafterall.BythetimetheyarrivedinSidewindertomorrowafternoon,thegoldenopportunitywouldhaveevaporated-gonethewayofthebluesuedeshoe,asanoldroommateofhishadbeenwonttosay.Considerthedifferenceiftheydidn’tgodown,iftheycouldsomehowstickitout.Theplaywouldgetfinished.Onewayortheother,hewouldtackanendingontoit.Hisownuncertaintyabouthischaractersmightaddanappealingtouchofambiguitytohisoriginalending.Perhapsitwouldevenmakehimsomemoney,itwasn’timpossible.Evenlackingthat,AlmightwellconvincetheStovingtonBoardtorehirehim.Hewouldbeonproofcourse,maybeforaslongasthreeyears,butifhecouldstaysoberandkeepwriting,hemightnothavetostayatStovingtonforthreeyears.Ofcoursehehadn’tcaredmuchforStovingtonbefore,hehadfeltstifled,buriedalive,butthathadbeenanimmaturereaction.Furthermore,howmuchcouldamanenjoyteachingwhenhewentthroughhisfirstthreeclasseswithaskull-bustinghangovereverysecondorthirdday?Itwouldn’tbethatwayagain.

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