and he was coming more and more awake all the
time, and at every second the dull sorrow settled more deeply over him, the
awareness that his darling was gone. Now it was no more than the size of a
knothole which a sidewalk superintendent might stoop to snoop through on an
interesting piece of building construction.
Now it was no more than the size of a knothole which a sidewalk
superintendent might stoop to snoop through on an interesting piece of building
construction. not where she usually sat, however; she sat on its foot and for a
moment he saw only her solid, impervious back as she bent over, as if to check
on something. A look of sincere concentration was good because it flattered
them, and when editors were flattered, they would sometimes give in on some of
their mad ideas. Is it sticking out, twinkling cheerily in the sun, just
waiting for someone to come along and see it while you sit here wasting what
may be your last chance?
Now it was
no more than the size of a knothole which a sidewalk superintendent might stoop
to snoop through on an interesting piece of building construction. not where
she usually sat, however; she sat on its foot and for a moment he saw only her
solid, impervious back as she bent over, as if to check on something. A look of
sincere concentration was good because it flattered them, and when editors were
flattered, they would sometimes give in on some of their mad ideas. Is it
sticking out, twinkling cheerily in the sun, just waiting for someone to come
along and see it while you sit here wasting what may be your last
chance?
and he was coming more and
more awake all the time, and at every second the dull sorrow settled more
deeply over him, the awareness that his darling was gone.
Now it was no more than the size of a knothole which a sidewalk superintendent might stoop to snoop through on an interesting piece of building construction.
Now it was no more than the size of a knothole which a sidewalk superintendent might stoop to snoop through on an interesting piece of building construction.