,,seductio ,,ad ,,absurdum 78,now ,i lay me--0 ,,old ,,prayer7 ,in preparation ,,the ,,seducer',s ,,veni ,,mecum ,a ,,course ,,for ,,advanced ,,students ,,seductio ,,ad ,,absurdum ,the ,principles ,practices of ,seduction ,a ,beginner's ,handbook by ,emily ,hahn #aicj ,new ,york ,,brewer ,,and ,,warren ,,inc4 ,,payson ,,clarke ,,ltd4 ,,copyright1 #aicj1 ,,by ,,emily ,,hahn ,first ,printing before ,publication ,march #aicj ,second ,printing before ,publication ,march #aicj ,,set ,,up1 ,,electrotyped1 ,,printed ,,and ,,bound ,,in ,,the ,,united ,,states ,,of ,,america ,,by ,h4 ,,wolff ,,estate1 ,,new ,,york1 ,n4 ,y4 ,,dedicated ,,to ,,herbert ,,asbury ,,who ,,told ,,me ,,to ,,write ,,it ,,down ,,introduction ,although seduction as an applied art has been slowly developing over a period of several generations1 the science of seduction has so far been largely neglected4 ,while the value of the empirical knowledge acquired by early practitioners and transmitted to us by a great body of folk-lore should not be minimized1 the trial and error methods of these precursors1 both amateur and professional1 are to be deplored as crude2 for however refined they may have been in application1 there is evidence that they were lacking in that exactness in observation which could make them valuable to science4 ,only a very few though hardy pioneers have in the past1 recognized the necessity for organizing man's empirical knowledge of this vast subject on a rational basis1 and it is due to their unselfish labours alone that we now have a sufficient body of observed phenomena1 a sufficient accumulation of data1 to make possible the beginnings of a true science of seduction4 ,it is the purpose of this book1 to co-ordinate the efforts of these for the most part anonymous and forgotten contributors1 these modest1 silent benefactors1 and to attempt a proper classification within the subject3 to adumbrate such practical methods of procedure as may in the1 let us hope1 near future develop into a sure technique4 ,owing to the limitations of space and the present confused state of the subject1 it is of necessity only possible here to indicate the lines which such a development must follow4 ,it is my desire to confine this work to a purely practical consideration of the subject1 and to make it a handbook in the hope that my students and those who come after me will be the better able to add to the body of our observed knowledge of seduction and to indicate the more clearly for my shortcomings along what lines improvement is required4 ,,what ,,is ,,seduction8 ,in the first place1 the word itself is unfortunately obscure1 possessing an ambiguity which we must resolve before we can proceed4 ,i have assembled an assortment of representative definitions1 which follows3 ,se-duce 7se-dus7 v4t42 ,,se-,,duced 7se-dust72 ,,se-,,ducing 7-dusing74 ,l4 seducere1 seductum2 se-aside--ducere to lead4 ,see ,,duke4 ,i4 ,to lead aside or astray1 esp4 from the path of rectitude or duty2 to entice to evil2 to corrupt4 8,for me1 the gold of ,france did not seduce40 --,shakespeare --,webster's ,new ,international ,dictionary ,seduce1 v4t4 ,lead astray1 tempt into sin or crime1 corrupt2 persuade 7woman7 into surrender of chastity1 debauch4 --,concise ,oxford ,dictionary ,seduire3 v4a4 7du lat4 seducere1 conduire l'cart4 ,se conj4 comme conduire74 ,faire tomber en erreur ou en faute par ses insinuations1 ses exemples4 --,larousse ,seduccion3 ,accin y effecto de seducir4 ,seducfr3 ,engaar con are y maa1 persuadir suavemente al mal4 --,enciclopedia ,universal ,illustrada4 ,sedurre 7,seduzione1 n7 ,ridurre con vane o false apparenze al nostre valere e al male4 --,dizionario ,universale delta ,lingua ,italiana4 ,petrocchi ,verfiihrung2 in geschlechtlicher ,beziehung ein ,mdchen verfhren4 --,deutsches ,wrterbuch 444 ,heynes ,it is obvious that these interpretations all suffer from a common fault3 they fail to reflect the modern ramifications of the word4 ,as a matter of fact1 seduction is undergoing a great change4 ,the rudiments of the custom may be observed in the remnants of primitive society that we are able to study4 ,certain aboriginal tribes practise polyandry as an economic adjustment to the surplus of males4#a ,with the development of civilization we find that adaptation tends to take the form of matriarchy1 as in the ,united ,states4#b ,in the early days of our culture1 seduction was practised upon certain species of recognized placer in the social system1 and thus attained a certain grade of standardization4 ,there were the seduced 7always the feminine sex7 and the seducers 7masculine74 ,it would appear that with the aforementioned rise of matriarchy this state of affairs is changing4 ,the predatory instinct of humanity is not confined to the male4 ,however1 the line of reasoning suggested is too vast to follow in the limits of a small volume1 and ,i mention it merely that the student may think about it at his leisure as he peruses the forthcoming chapters4 ,the extraordinary development of prostitution in the nineteenth century prefaced the present phase with a last manifestation of the old social attitude4 ,relying upon the assumption that the male seduces the female1 we are faced in this modern world with the undeniable fact that the ranks of the seduced--i4e41 the unprotected young women of society--are also shifting and changing4 ,the orderly arrangement which we have been led to expect is breaking up4 ,in former times our women were divided into two main classes1 or groups3 7a7 ,professionals 7those who made a vocation of being seduced7#c 7b7 ,amateurs 7those to whom the process of being seduced was a side line74#d ,however in late years there has grown up among us a third class1 designated as 7c71 ,the only familiar term which has yet been applied was coined by ,doctor ,ethel ,waters1 who invented for them the descriptive appellation 8freebies0 in recognition of their independent stand in the matter of economics and convention4 ,these revolutionists have formulated a philosophy which draws upon those of both older classes for its sources4 ,to be freebie1 seduction is neither a means of livelihood1 as in the case of class 7a71 nor inevitable disgrace1 as it is with class 7b74#e ,it is undoubtedly this school of thought that influenced the ,missouri jurist who1 after a long and tiresome case of seduction1 in which he found for the defendant1 made a pronouncement from the bench to the effect that 8,there is no such thing as seduction40#f ,although in my opinion this statement is somewhat extreme for our purposes1 it serves to demonstrate the modern trend of sentiment4#g ,the modern social attitude had its prototype in the days of ,cleopatra1 where1 as every classical scholar knows1 the women of the upper classes exhibited an amazing independence4 ,in ,rome and ,alexandria 8the professional courtesans were gloomily complaining that their business had been hard hit by the fact that the ladies of fashion asked no payment for exertions of a similar nature40#h ,taking these facts into consideration1 we must admit that in the light of modern improvement a new definition is required3 one more in line with present day practice4 ,for the purpose of this treatise let it be understood therefore that seduction is the process of persuading someone to do that which he or she has wanted to do all the time4 ----- ,footnote #a3 ,the ,sexual ,life of ,savages4 ,b4 ,malinowski4 ,footnote #b3 ,domestic ,manners of the ,americans4 ,by ,frances ,trollope4 ,new ,york2 ,dodd1 ,mead and ,company1 #aibg4 ,footnote #c3 ,recreations of a ,merchant1 or the ,christian ,sketch ,book4 ,by ,william ,a4 ,brewer4 ,boston4 ,see also ,hatrack by ,herbert ,asbury1 ,the ,american ,mercury1 ,april1 #aibf2 and ,the ,brass ,check4 ,by ,upton ,sinclair4 ,pasadena4 ,footnote #d3 ,the ,beautiful ,victim3 ,being a ,full ,account of the ,seduction and ,sorrows of ,miss ,mary ,kirkpatrick 7,national ,police ,gazette3 #ahfb74 ,footnote #e3 ,the ,green ,hat4 ,by ,michael ,arlen4 ,footnote #f3 ,eddinger versus ,thompson3 ,harris j4 ,footnote #g3 ,for further exposition of juridical aspects of the subject see ,die ,zivilrechtlichen ,ansprche von ,frauenspersonen aus aus-serehelichem ,beischlafe3 ,hans ,hochstein4 ,footnote #h3 ,personalities of ,antiquity 444 ,arthur ,weigall4 ,,seduction ,,in ,,history ,the records preserved from older civilizations are 7as has been said before7 too fundamental in treatment to be of much value to us in the matter of details4 ,we know1 however1 that the mythology and folklore of any race presents a more or less accurate idea of the customs of the time4 ,granting an amount of exaggeration in the fables1 we have still the proof that seduction has always been a recognized practice in ,heaven4 ,scarcely a god has not dabbled in the art at one time or another4 ,in the first place they start off with the advantages of divinity and a working knowledge of black magic4#i ,they could be called seducers in the true sense of the word only by courtesy4 ,jupiter1 to take an example1 used methods of archaic and brutal simplicity4 ,to be sure1 he would sometimes take the trouble to turn himself into a swan or a bull or a shower of gold1 but such exercises are second nature to a deity and cause no delay or exhaustion4 ,ammon1 the ,egyptian god1 associated exclusively with royalty1 and no one thought of calling him to task for such moral irregularities4 ,on the contrary1 the kingly family was proud of him4#aj ,a close study of the ancient ,indians reveals the fact that they deemed seduction one of the most important of the arts1 rivalling philosophy in popularity as a study4#aa ,the ,chinese with their customary reserve1 make no mention of such matters in official papers1 but a quantity of poetry and maxims discloses a keen ,oriental interest in the topic4#ab ,the ,old ,testament abounds in stories of seduction by means of trickery1 bribery and simple persuasion4 ,it is safe to assume from the records that seduction in all parts of the civilized world was at about the same stage of primary development4 ,the ,middle ,ages show some progress4 ,literature was growing into an important culture1 and we have much more source material4 ,there are manifestations of refinement in the ancient game1 but at the same time the world was not as light-hearted about these matters as it had been in the past4 ,the growth of the ,church1 with its set ideas of these subjects and its zeal to catalogue the sins of mankind and to deal out punishment accordingly1 gave to seduction its greatest impetus4 ,at no other time in history has such a vast amount of time and thought been expended on one idea4 ,it became a sin1 and therefore a necessity4 ,added to the stimulation of the churchly attitude was that of the caste system1 which made seduction the only means of communication between the classes4 ,the ,renaissance introduced a new fashion1 persuasion by means of bribery4 ,kings and their courtiers led the movement by elevating their mistresses to dizzy heights of power and wealth4 ,the sixteenth1 seventeenth and eighteenth centuries witnessed an influx of new families and the ascent of many a lowly maiden4 ,several of the noblest families of ,england trace their origin to such glittering seductions4#ac ,indeed this process became at one time so notorious that it crept into folklore and has been preserved for us in many a ballad1 of which the following is representative3 8,she was poor but she was honest1 ,victim of the ,squire's whim40 ,even before this period1 ,england had introduced a variation of the art in the form of ,chivalry4 ,this school of behaviour1 while professing an ignorance of the very rudiments of seduction1 nevertheless played an important part in its development1 as is convincingly illustrated by the old song3 8,in days of old1 when knights were bold ,and barons held their sway1 ,a warrior bold1 with spurs of gold1 ,sang merrily his lay40 ,but aside from the royal habits1 there was no imagination1 no finesse to seduction4 ,it was a stereotyped affair1 a furtive irregularity1 a silly little sin4 ,the seduction of the middle classes was a monotonous business1 popular only by reason of the danger it entailed4 ,it has remained for our modern world to raise it to a place of dignity among the leading interests of all society4 ----- ,footnote #i3 ,bulfinch's ,mythology4 ,footnote #aj3 ,the ,golden ,bough4 ,sir ,j4 ,frazer4 ,footnote #aa3 ,the ,kama ,sutra4 ,footnote #ab3 ,colored ,stars4 ,e4 ,powys ,mathers4 ,houghton ,mifflin4 ,footnote #ac3 ,cf4 ,the ,complete ,peerage4 ,,this ,,modern ,,world ,what are the reasons for this recent tendency8 ,there are many answers4 ,in the first place1 mankind need no longer turn the whole of its energy to defence and sustenance4 ,the life of the average man is not completely devoted to his business4 ,he is a rarely active person if one-third of his day is given over to actual work4 8,i work eight hours1 ,i sleep eight hours1 ,that leaves eight hours for love40 --,popular ballad ,otherwise what does he do with his time8 8,what makes the business man tired8 ,what does the business man do80 --,popular song ,he reads1 he plays1 sometimes he wages war1 and for the rest of the time he sleeps1 eats and makes love4 ,we find ourselves in a restless age1 a time of experiment2 when almost everyone is urged by the same desire to revise and improve4 ,it is the ,golden ,age of good living1 consequently it is the age of impending boredom4 ,in such an atmosphere we would expect to find a development of parlour pastimes4 ,these conditions1 this pleasant leisure1 this much vaunted1 generally diffused prosperity1 this impatience for hallowed tradition and the time-honoured devices for improving one's time1 have given rise to crossword puzzles1 introspection1 and modern seduction4 ,,difficulties ,,of ,,research ,since the connotation of the word has been altered1 ,i venture to assert that there have been converted to the practices of seduction at least twice as many devotees as had flourished before4 ,this statement will undoubtedly be challenged3 once more1 ,i make no doubt1 the skeptical will object to my conclusions on the grounds that a scientific recluse is of necessity withdrawn from the world and its customs and is thus automatically excluded as a responsible judge of sociological problems4 ,it might be appropriate in this preface to enter a plea for our great body of research workers who are submitted to this sort of amateur criticism4 ,the path of the scientist is beset with difficulties of every nature2 not only those in the natural line of his work1 but the wholesale hostility of the uninformed layman who does not understand the hardships and delays of laboratory procedure4 ,in this case ,i hope to forestall criticism by claiming to have followed a conscientious program of newspaper reading4 ,my statement is based on the knowledge common to the layman4 ,i cite as proof the columns of the newspapers1 both the items of fact and the syndicated columns which1 it would appear1 devote seventy-five per cent of their space to discussion of the present generation and what to do about it4 ,indeed other students of society have gone farther1 much farther4 ,dr4 ,henry ,w4 ,gardner1 eminent social psychologist1 seven years ago devoted his doctor's thesis to the so-called conditions of morality then prevailing on the 8campus40 ,with highly commendable enthusiasm1 this scholar spent almost the entire school year in an alder bush that grew on the edge of a secluded path known to irreverent minds as ,lover's ,lane1 where the youths of the university were wont to take their evening strolls4 ,he adduced the following significant statistics3 ,of the #c1jfa automobiles that drove through the lane in one week1 #b1jji stopped1 and #b1jje turned off the motors4 ,of these1 #aed drove on again after periods of time varying to an upper limit of five minutes4 ,of the remainder1 #a1ghh parked for periods of not less than one hour and not more than two hours and three-quarters4 ,dr4 ,gardner ascribed the fixation of these limits to the period between the beginning of darkness 7which of course varied with the season7 and the 8coeds'0 curfew4 ,of the remaining sixty-three1 forty-nine of the automobiles spent the entire night in the lane4 ,the fate of the other fourteen will never be known3 they were all still there on the historic night when a watchman stumbled over ,dr4 ,gardner's feet and took him to jail before he could explain4 ,the vicissitudes and obstacles that stand in the scientist's way cannot be overestimated4 ,this deplorable incident is merely one example of the prevalent attitude4 ,another of his experiments was to fix a dictaphone beneath the old oak bench at the far end of ,lover's ,lane4 ,he did this shortly after the unfortunate episode of the jail1 and for eleven nights he was thus enabled to sit at his ease in the laboratory1 taking notes4 7,i myself have much reason to thank and commend ,dr4 ,gardner's foresight3 these notes1 while they have not been used as source material1 have nevertheless allowed me to corroborate many of my own conclusions47 ,,method ,,of ,,treatment ,the method used in this treatise is the result of much thought4 ,after attempting several other outlines1 ,i have come to the conclusion that the most graphic representation is that of hypothetical cases for each lesson--i4e41 each chapter represents a typical case1 or synthetic experience4 ,the student may at first glance object to this treatment1 but a short survey will1 ,i hope1 convince him that the system is the only adequate one possible4 ,note that each experiment is couched in colloquial terms1 the better to carry the atmosphere of the lesson4 ,of course the student is expected to vary the program according to his own requirements3 these experiments are to serve merely as outlines4 ,i have attempted to avoid as far as possible that wealth of technical terminology so dear to the heart of the average scientific author and so trying to the beginner3 ,i have dared to hope that my compilation would be an aid not only to that small band who have dedicated their lives exclusively to research1 but also to the great masses1 the dilettantes and amateurs who might be able to find some inspiration in these pages4 ,the preparation1 both research and field work1 has been arduous1 but what accomplishment was ever valuable without some labour and pains8 ,if my contribution to scientific literature has in some small measure advanced the penetration of my fellow man and eased his path of loving1 ,i am amply repaid4 ,in conclusion1 ,i wish to thank those who have worked with me4 ,without their unfailing patience1 sympathy and assiduity this little book could never have been written4 ,new ,york4 ,thanksgiving1 #aibi4 ,e4 ,h4 ,,experiments ,,what ,,is ,,seduction8 ,,this ,,modern ,,world ,,chapter #a4 ,i ,,think ,,you ,,have ,a ,,great ,,capacity ,,for ,,living #b4 ,,just ,,another ,,little ,,one #c4 ,,feel ,,my ,,muscle #d4 ,,you',,re ,,not ,,the ,,domestic ,,type #e4 ,i',m ,,bad #f4 ,,an ,,ugly ,,old ,,thing ,,like ,,me #g4 ,,be ,,independent6 #h4 ,,what ,,do ,,you ,,think ,,your ,,husband',s ,,doing8 #i4 ,,music ,,gets ,,me #aj4 ,,everybody ,,does #aa4 ,,this ,,business #ab4 ,,game ,,little ,,kid #ac4 ,,promise ,,me ,,you ,,won',t #ad4 ,,ah1 ,,what ,,is ,,life8 #ae4 ,a ,,man ,,my ,,age #af4 ,,gonna ,,be ,,nice8 #ag4 ,,life ,,is ,,short #ah4 ,i',d ,,have ,,said ,,you ,,were ,,from ,,new ,,york #ai4 ,,she ,,loved ,,me ,,for ,,the ,,dangers ,,bibliography #a4 ,i ,,think ,,you ,,have ,a ,,great ,,capacity ,,for ,,living ,,type3 ,well-to-do man with slightly artistic tendencies2 the sort that believes first in money1 then in full enjoyment of it4 ,his philosophy is practical but not too limited to material considerations2 in other words1 he talks well on almost any subject4 ,,subject3 ,slightly younger1 but of the same breed4 ,the families of the two protagonists have probably been friendly for two generations4 ,,apparatus3 ,a restaurant3 one of the more leisurely ones where the dishes do not rattle but an orchestra makes conversation just as difficult4 ,,remarks3 ,the keynote of the approach is a tacit appreciation of intelligence on the part of the subject4 ,this sympathetic attitude is very important4 ,think it all over carefully1 put a flower in your buttonhole and go ahead4 ,i ,,think ,,you ,,have ,a ,,great ,,capacity ,,for ,,living ,you have reached the coffee and are putting up a brave fight against the orchestra before going out into the privacy of the street4 ,she3 ,and we didn't get home1 after all1 until two o'clock4 ,i was so angry3 it spoiled the evening4 ,you3 ,angry6 ,i don't think that you could ever be angry4 ,she3 ,oh1 yes1 you don't know me at all4 ,i have a dreadful temper4 ,you3 ,well1 it doesn't somehow fit in with my idea of you1 you see4 ,no1 ,i must disagree with you4 ,you haven't a temper4 ,it's impossible for you to have a really earthly emotion4 ,she 7somewhat irritated73 ,why1 how can you say such a thing8 ,you3 ,you're a strangely aloof child1 you know4 ,she 7after a pleased little silence73 ,that's not nice of you4 ,you3 ,why not8 ,it's so nice of you1 you know4 ,she3 ,oh1 do you really think so8 ,i'm sure ,i don't try to be4 ,no4444 7with a charming smile7--you're quite wrong4 ,it's the rest of them that are different4 ,i'm really very normal4 ,you3 ,normal8 ,oh1 my dear6 ,and yet1 after all1 it's not very funny4 ,perhaps it's a tragedy4 ,she3 ,what is8 ,you3 ,your attitude toward life4 ,she3 ,why1 ,i have no attitude6 ,you3 ,there you are2 that's just it4 ,someone of us mortals tries to tell you how we--how flesh-and-blood beings react to you1 and you simply open those clear eyes of yours1 and--well1 how can ,i go on talking in the face of such bland ignorance8 ,she3 ,ignorance6 ,why ,i don't4444 ,you3 ,oh1 surely you know how ignorant you are8 ,you must remain ignorant with deliberation4 ,it's part of your charm1 of course1 but 444 oh1 how charming you could be1 in another way6 ,she3 ,really4444 7suddenly her voice warms and she leans a little over the table1 talking eagerly7 ,no1 you're perfectly right4 ,i mean from your viewpoint1 of course4 ,one thing that you forget1 though1 is that ,i don't feel the way that you and the rest of them do4 ,i can't really understand it myself1 and yet 444 oh1 all that sort of thing2 emotion and all that2 seems so 444 so messy4 ,you3 ,messy8 ,my dear child1 what sort of people can you have known8 ,she3 ,perfectly normal people1 ,i assure you4 ,no1 it's my own fault4 ,it's me1 and ,i can't help it4 ,emotion to me has always seemed--no thank you1 just demi-tasse--seemed common4 ,not aristocratic4 ,that's rather a snide thing to say1 isn't it8 ,i don't mean to sound that way4 ,you3 ,i know you don't4 7,the music plays without competition for a moment74 ,but how sad6 ,she3 ,sad8 ,oh no4 ,i get along quite well4 ,i'm really very happy1 except once in a while4 ,i'm as happy1 that is1 as you can possibly be for all your--your normality4 ,you3 ,but what a strange way for an intelligent person like yourself to think6 ,have you no curiosity8 ,she3 ,oh1 certainly4 ,to an extent4 ,but when curiosity conflicts with one's disgusts4444 ,you3 ,disgusts8 ,now you are certainly wrong4 ,it gives you away4 ,she3 ,yes1 that was a silly thing to say4 ,you3 ,don't you think that you allow your mind to rule you too much8 ,it's really dangerous4 ,i mean it4 ,surely your intelligence tells you that a well-rounded personality4444 ,she3 ,but ,i told you2 ,i don't want to experiment6 ,you3 ,i can't believe that you are in a position to judge4 ,you don't really know what you want2 you don't know what to want4 ,i don't believe you for a minute when you say you are happy4 ,lovely1 yes2 but lovely in a melancholy way4 ,how can you know about yourself1 you wise child8 ,tell me1 are you always so serene8 ,she3 ,you're getting much too serious4 ,let's dance4 ,you3 ,i don't want to dance with you just now4 ,i think you're trying to run away from me as you have always run away from questions4 ,do you know1 you're a most deceptive person4 ,when ,i met you1 ,i said to myself1 8,she is sensitive10 but ,i never thought of you as being beautiful4 ,i'm being frank1 do you mind8 ,but ,i see now that you are4 ,i see that you are rarely beautiful1 but that you do not wish to be4 ,isn't that true8 ,she3 ,why no1 of course not4 ,i don't understand it all4 ,you3 ,it's just this1 and ,i don't care whether or not ,i offend you4 ,in fact1 ,i hope ,i do4 ,someone ought to offend you now and then4 ,you're committing a crime1 not only against us but against yourself4 ,if ,i had my way--and ,i'm not being selfish1 either-- ,she 7blazing73 ,as though any of you weren't selfish6 ,you3 ,what8 ,she3 ,i'm so tired of it all4 ,don't you think ,i hear something like this every day of my life8 ,all of you working for yourselves1 arguing for yourselves1 talking eternally about the same thing4 ,i can't stand any more of it4 ,i'm sick of it4 ,you 7gravely73 ,i beg your pardon1 but you're not being quite polite1 are you8 ,you're a bit unjust4 ,she3 ,perhaps ,i'm rather excited4 ,sorry4 ,you3 ,perhaps not4 ,this is the result of a long silence1 isn't it8 ,you have never spoken like this before8 ,she3 ,yes1 that's it4 ,you 7leaning forward73 ,my dear1 if ,i've said anything4444 ,she 7faintly73 ,no1 it's nothing4 ,tell me1 how can you--all of you--be so cold blooded and unfastidious at the same time8 ,you3 ,oh1 but you are wrong4 ,i'm sure that as a rule we are more fastidious than you could possibly know4 ,i'm sorry that ,i've disturbed you--,check1 please6 ,i'm going to take you home4 ,she3 ,no1 ,i was foolish4 ,you're right4 ,i'm sure you're right4 ,but ,i couldn't help it4 ,have ,i hurt you8 ,you3 ,let's forget it all4 ,let's go somewhere and talk about other things4 7,you rise and start to the door47 ,i didn't want to spoil the evening1 much as you seemed to think so4 ,should we go to my place and look at the print ,i just bought8 ,it's so early to take you home4 ,she3 ,yes1 that would be nice4 ,you3 ,there1 you see2 ,i've done you an injustice4 ,you're quite human underneath it all4 ,probably someone has hurt you1 and you won't tell me about it4 ,i think1 my dear1 that you have a very great capacity for living4 ,let's take one with the top down4 ,,taxi66 #b4 ,,just ,,another ,,little ,,one ,,type3 ,virile1 young1 simple4 ,a man who does not waste time on philosophical reflections2 who knows what he wants and stops at nothing but sacrifice to get it4 ,,subject3 ,very young1 semi-sophisticated4 ,that is1 she has been warned but not insulated4 ,,apparatus3 #a ,victrola #a ,radio #a ,bottle ,scotch #a ,automobile #a ,house--,anybody's #a ,party ,,remarks3 ,the inclusion in the collection of this lesson is accompanied by some misgivings on my part4 ,it is a method of which we do not approve4 ,the true seduction does not depend upon mechanical devices such as alcohol4 ,i counsel my students to save this method until all else fails1 for it leads to a slackness and a lazy attitude toward the work4 ,moreover1 it is against the law in this country to buy liquor or to carry it around4 ,,just ,,another ,,little ,,one #a4 ,the introduction4 ,give everyone full notice1 but when her name is mentioned1 employ the personal touch in your bow--the lingering glance shading off in friendly admiration4 #b4 ,wait half an hour1 perhaps employing the time with a drink4 ,dance with everyone else and be looking at her twice when she glances your way4 #c4 ,suddenly walking over to her1 you should look accusingly at the half-full glass in her hand4 8,you don't mean to tell me that's your first80 8,yes40 8,say1 who are you anyway8 ,have ,i ever seen you around80 8,no1 ,joe and ,edna brought me4 ,i don't know anyone here very well40 8,who's ,joe80 8,the little fellow over there40 8,your heavy80 8,silly6 ,no1 of course not4 ,he and ,edna just got married4 ,that's why they're having this party1 isn't it80 8,i don't know4 ,i was invited1 that's all ,i know4 ,well1 see you later40 ,get up and go away at this point2 too much at first is too much4 #d4 ,soon after this it is likely that the lady will finish her glass mechanically2 and the next one will go down with more alacrity4 ,keep an eye on her1 and when she has finished the second one come back and ask her to dance4 ,if you are a good dancer the whole thing is easier1 but so few of you are4 ,put her down when it is over1 smile at her politely and go away again4 ,this mystifies her4 #e4 ,two drinks later4 ,don't drink too much2 this requires as much concentration as any other business4 ,it's time now to focus the attack4 ,after two or three dances the room seems uncomfortably warm1 and now that she is accustomed to being monopolized she won't be averse to stepping outdoors with you to get cool4 ,any car will do if it is unoccupied4 ,there will be a slightly awkward pause2 breathless and afraid on her part4 ,then she realizes that your intentions are all right and she is ashamed of her own suspicions4 8,my1 but it must have been warm in there10 she says4 8,i didn't realize it4 ,what a lovely night60 8,yeah1 the gang's crazy to stay indoors in this weather4444 ,say1 what do you do all the time8 ,i haven't seen you around40 8,well1 ,i haven't been in town very long4 ,i'm visiting ,edna40 8,having a good time80 8,oh1 yes4 ,everyone's been so nice to me40 8,naturally they would be1 to you4 ,i guess you have a pretty good time wherever you go40 8,aw1 that's an old one60 8,you don't swallow everything you hear1 do you8 ,well1 that's right40 444 a burst of music comes through the window 444 8,say1 ,i've got a drink or two here4 ,want one80 8,oh no--,i've had enough4 ,but you go right ahead40 8,nope1 ,i don't drink without company40 8,well--just a little one40 #f4 ,after the bottle has been tucked away again1 settle down with a deep sigh and put your arm around her4 ,while she's wondering if she ought to let it stay there1 turn around and pull her head over to yours1 very lazily and comfortably4 8,no6 ,please40 8,all right40 ,release her1 avoiding all trace of petulance4 ,she can think that over for a while4 #g4 ,after a long time1 reach for the bottle again4 8,just another little one80 ,of course she doesn't want to be a complete prig-- 8,all right4 ,but aren't you drinking a lot80 8,no4 ,i never take too much40 ,there really isn't much to say4 ,you don't want conversation2 she knows you don't4 ,she does--or does she8 ,she doesn't know what she wants1 just now4 ,you've flustered her and upset her and started her thinking and you aren't doing anything to help her out4 ,she wonders why you don't say something4 ,she can't think of anything to say4 ,she's thinking too hard of something which you have evidently forgotten4 ,it is almost a relief when you put your arm around her again4 ,something definite1 anyway4 ,even when you kiss her she doesn't protest4 ,she thinks that it wasn't bad anyway2 in fact it was a nice kiss--not too long nor too enthusiastic4 ,and as a matter of fact1 this particular subject should not be a connoisseur of kisses4 ,she would like to discuss it4 ,whenever she has been kissed before1 the occasion seemed more momentous1 with prelude of conversation and aftermath of protestation4 ,your absolute indifference intrigues her4 ,you've evidently forgotten all about it already4 #h4 ,and then you yawn4 ,yawn and burrow your head in her breast in an affectionate1 friendly manner2 dropping off to sleep immediately4 ,she sits very still and straight1 hoping that you'll wake up1 hoping you won't1 hoping no one is watching you from the porch1 wondering why she isn't objecting1 wondering why she should1 wondering about life in general4444 ,it's all because she drank so much of that whiskey4 ,she really doesn't feel so well4 ,sort of mixed up4 ,why don't you wake up8 ,she wants to go in and dance2 it must be late4 ,how did this get started anyway8 #i4 ,she stirs a little at last1 for her arm is going to sleep1 and this wakes you4 ,open your eyes and pull her face down to yours--it's the most natural thing to do under the circumstances4 8,sweet thing40 ,she is reassured4 ,you are thinking of her1 then4 ,you've become once more a person1 a man1 instead of an abstract problem4 ,and she knows how to deal with people1 even with men4 ,it's this other thing that worries her2 this horrible impersonal wondering2 this feeling of enmity that lurks in the air when people forget you and go to sleep4 ,although she couldn't put it into words4444 #aj4 8,another drink1 sweet thing80 8,i guess so40 8,sure1 just another little one now40 ,she isn't thinking at all now4 ,if she were she'd probably suggest going in1 for it is late and she wants to dance4 ,but it doesn't seem late2 it doesn't seem as though time is going on at all4 ,she isn't thinking4 ,she doesn't start to think even when you kiss her more enthusiastically and not so lazily4 ,this must be the way a plant feels on a hot summer day when it hasn't anything to do but grow4 ,not happy2 not sad4 ,it is only when she realized at last that you are growing importunate that she stirs herself and protests4 ,she isn't sure what to say2 the protest is more a matter of habit than anything else4444 ,everything is a habit4444 ,and once more1 for the last time1 you say 8,yes4 ,one more4 ,just another little one40 #c4 ,,feel ,,my ,,muscle ,,type3 ,the man of action1 of firm convictions and a limited sympathy for anyone who does not agree with him4 ,timid or sickly persons are advised to avoid this method4 ,,subject3 ,an old-fashioned girl1 apt to get a thrill when forcibly reminded of her comparative weakness4 ,,apparatus3 #a ,bathing ,beach #a ,life-saving ,uniform #b ,hot ,dogs ,,remarks3 ,we all have some primitive instincts1 even now4 ,a crude exhibition of brute strength is fascinating to most of us1 deny it as we will4 ,the psychological basis for the reaction of the subject is probably a feeling that she will not have to bear the responsibility for whatever may happen4 ,,feel ,,my ,,muscle ,the holiday crowd is thinning out4 ,dusk shrouds the less decorative elements of the beach--the ragged holes left by children and the empty1 soiled paper lunch boxes4 ,those revelers who are left see only the long curving line of the shore and a mysterious intermittent foaming as the lazy waves crash slowly against the sand4 ,eloise lounges on the beach1 watching the slow ebb of the ,sunday gaiety4 ,she thinks vaguely of going in for one more dip before she gets dressed2 thinks of the shock of cold water on her already-dry bathing suit2 thinks of the damp1 dank-smelling dressing-room1 and decides to postpone the whole thing for a few minutes4 ,there is no hurry and she isn't cold4 ,she runs her hand through her fuzzy hair and yawns4 ,she is a slim girl with a slightly bored expression1 and she is younger than she looks4 ,it has been a pleasant ,sunday1 withal rather dull4 ,she hasn't come to the beach alone2 she and the other file-clerk in the office have ventured out together4 ,but ,bessie has met up with a boy-friend and disappeared4 ,eloise does not hold a grudge against her for her desertion2 it is understood that such accidents are likely to happen on ,sunday afternoon4 ,but she surveys the long lonely ride home with distaste4 ,she chews her wad of ,juicy ,fruit dreamily and gives to the ukelele clutched to her diaphragm a pensive plunk4 ,it is at this moment that you sight her4 ,you are strolling along the beach on your way in1 after an arduous day of life-saving4 ,not that anyone has needed his life saved1 but three blondes and two brunettes have required swimming lessons and all of them have been plump4 ,by this time you prefer them slender2 all the ladies tattooed on your arms are very slender indeed2 and two of them wear red bathing-suits of the same shade as ,eloise's4 ,you stop short when you see her and wonder if you haven't seen her before somewhere4 ,you decide that you haven't2 and regret the fact4 ,you wonder if she has noticed you4 ,if she has1 she doesn't show it4 ,not a missed beat has interrupted the mastication of her chewing-gum4 ,true to your vocation1 adopt a nautical method of approach4 ,in other words1 tack4 ,first walk along a line inclined at forty-five degrees to the most direct approach to ,eloise4 ,somewhere at her right pause suddenly and examine a sand-crab4 ,then look up quickly1 obviously under the impression that someone is calling you4 ,after carefully looking at everything else on the beach1 drop your eyes to ,eloise1 who blinks and turns away4 ,sigh loudly and drop heavily and prone on the sand near her feet4 ,startled1 she looks at you again4 ,grin and flip a pebble at her4 8,say60 says ,eloise1 indignantly4 8,what do you say1 girlie80 you counter4 ,then raise yourself in sections and redrape your lean length on the log next to her4 8,ain't you lonesome80 you add4 ,it is a rhetorical question purely1 but she does not want to play4 ,she chooses to take you literally4 8,not much10 she retorts4 8,i'm waiting for a guy40 ,answer promptly1 8,not any more1 you ain't40 ,she compresses her lips and ignores you1 fingering the strings of the ukelele in an abstracted way4 ,it has no effect4 ,pat her arm and say3 8,give us a tune1 kid80 8,fresh60 she says scornfully4 8,who you crowding80 8,aw1 don't be mean10 you plead4 8,give us a tune40 ,eloise shakes her head quickly and decisively4 8,i didn't ask you over60 she reminds you4 ,it is a warning that she is on her guard2 that she is a difficult proposition2 that she is a ,nice ,girl4 8,well1 gee1 can't a guy try to be human80 ,your voice should be petulant and youthful4 8,i was just trying to be human4 ,i was lonesome40 ,it is a plaintive speech1 and you look plaintive4 ,but nevertheless you are a masculine being1 strong and undefeated4 ,probably it is the bathing suit1 or perhaps the air with which you light your cigarette4 ,eloise gazes at your profile in uncertainty4 ,end the pause by casting away the match and turning to her4 8,so when ,i seen you ,i couldn't help talking4 ,if you don't like it ,i'll go away4 ,i got my pride1 too40 ,this is a little better4 8,oh1 well1 if you didn't mean to be fresh4 ,you know a girl has got to be careful40 8,sure10 you say1 nodding4 8,i bet you do1 all right40 8,what do you mean80 8,aw1 you know what ,i mean60 say to her ardently4 8,anybody ever tell you your eyes are pretty80 8,fresh60 ,she starts picking at the ukelele again1 slightly confused4 8,come on now1 babe10 you plead again4 8,give us a tune40 8,i don't know anything new10 she apologizes in advance4 8,do you know that one #8,i ,can't ,give ,you ,anything ,but ,love'80 8,go ahead10 you murmur4 ,she plays the song1 and then another1 and another4 ,the sun approaches the horizon and the ocean turns dark and green4 8,gee10 says ,eloise in low tones1 8,i got to go40 8,wait a minute1 babe40 ,stand up and rumple her hair affectionately before leaving4 ,eloise shrouds herself in her bathrobe and waits4 ,presently you come back through the night1 carrying two hot-dogs dripping mustard4 8,surround that10 you order1 proffering one4 8,it's a swell night4 ,anybody worrying about you8 ,you cold80 ,she shakes her head hesitantly4 8,n-no4 ,but ,i'll have to go soon2 it's awfully late40 ,you munch hungrily while the breeze dies down over the water4 ,then shift1 disposing yourself more comfortably1 and grunt contentedly4 ,eloise gives the head in her lap a little push1 but it rolls back4 ,she decides to ignore it4 8,gosh10 you say at last1 8a night like this is enough to make anybody feel soft4 ,even a guy like me40 8,yeah1 ,i bet you're a hard guy60 she cries4 ,lift your head and prop it on your hand4 8,say1 listen1 babe6 ,anybody who says ,i ain't1 don't know me6 ,does anybody ever bother you8 ,some of these drugstore sheiks ever get fresh80 ,she hangs her head4 8,well44440 8,well10 cut her short1 8if they do1 send 'em around60 ,make your voice ominous4 8,don't let anybody tell you different4 ,look here40 ,raise your arm and clench your fist4 8,feel that4 ,there40 ,eloise puts out a tentative and timid finger4 8,ooo60 she cries4 8,yes1 ,i guess you could hit4 ,i guess ,i wouldn't ever try to get you sore60 8,baby10 murmur tenderly1 8you couldn't get me sore if you tried4 ,i knew the minute ,i seen you you was a sweet kid4 ,if anybody ever bothers you again1 tell me4 ,a nice kid like you hadn't ought to go around without somebody taking care of you4 ,i remember once44440 ,here you stop4 ,somewhere down the beach another ukelele plays softly4 ,you sigh and grope through the dark4 ,she tries futilely to dislodge you4 8,i really got to be going10 she protests1 somewhat frightened4 ,she is always somewhat frightened when the fellows get too fresh4 8,now listen1 babe4 ,you ain't afraid of me1 ,you needn't be4 ,don't go away yet2 you're all right4 ,just a little longer40 ,and yet1 as before1 for all your pleading tones there should be a hint of strength in your speech4 ,eloise yields1 but whether to your imploring or your strength she does not know4 8,well10 she says1 8if you're nice40 ,silence lives on the beach1 except for the tiny wailing of the ukelele4 ,silently the water undulates and the moon creeps over the edge of it4 8,quit it60 says ,eloise1 giggling nervously4 ,do not answer4 8,aw1 quit60 ,still you do not answer4 8,please6 ,you're too strong4 ,oh1 quit60 ,the other ukelele still plays1 spreading over the night a sweet layer of romance2 singing of exotic love on a whiter1 warmer beach in a more delicate world2 singing of love1 as though love were a thing to be sung4 #d4 ,,you',,re ,,not ,,the ,,domestic ,,type ,,type3 ,the sensitive young man with a predilection for virtuous married women4 ,charmingly impetuous4 ,,subject3 ,a virtuous married woman4 ,,apparatus3 #a ,living room #a ,chaise-longue ,,remarks3 ,love1 maternal instinct and pity are all emotions that should be employed in this lesson1 but the most important factor of all is spirituality4 ,never for one moment allow her to doubt your spiritual sincerity4 ,,you',,re ,,not ,,the ,,domestic ,,type ,the doorbell rings just as she is settling down to a nap1 and there is no one else in the house to answer it4 ,she opens the door a little reluctantly4 8,oh1 it's you1 ,arthur10 she says in relief4 8,come in4 ,i thought it might be someone special40 8,i'm not interrupting anything1 am ,i80 say1 smiling as you enter the living room4 ,smile nicely2 youthfully4 8,i won't go away1 at any rate4 ,not unless you're very hard and cruel4 ,i worked too hard to get here40 8,it's all right10 she says1 sitting down and patting her hair in back4 8,i was going to lie down and try to sleep1 out of sheer boredom4 ,there's nothing ,i really have to do4 ,but you should be at work4 ,why aren't you80 8,i didn't feel like working40 ,frown and look at her defiantly4 8,good ,lord1 why should a man work all the time8 ,i hate the bloody office anyway1 and you know it40 ,she shakes her head at you1 but smiles4 8,i ought to scold you4 ,but ,i know too well how you feel40 8,why don't you lie down even if ,i am here8 ,go on over to the chaise-longue2 ,i'll tuck your feet up40 8,gracious60 she cries4 8,you'll have me spoiled if you're too attentive4 ,bob hasn't your touching respect for my age40 ,thump the chair as you bend over to arrange the quilt4 8,alice1 that isn't funny4 ,it never was funny4 ,at any rate1 you mustn't tell ,bob how nice ,i am to you1 or his dislike of me will overflow all bounds4 ,that would be a nuisance4 ,i'd have to visit you in the afternoons all the time1 and they wouldn't like that at the damned office40 8,no1 and you wouldn't ever get to see my new dinner dress40 ,sit down on the edge of the chair4 8,and ,i'd have to stay away on week-ends2 ,i'd have to start playing golf1 and ,i hate it4 ,it's much nicer to come here and talk40 ,she laughs4 8,yes1 ,i know you think so4 ,you'd rather talk than do anything else1 wouldn't you80 8,wouldn't you80 you counter4 8,but this sub rosa arrangement might have its advantages4 ,if ,i had to be furtive you might be forced to take me seriously40 8,you're a silly little boy10 she says1 looking worried4 8,of course ,i am4 ,i only wish you said it oftener4 ,if you would only promise me to say every morning and every evening #8,what a silly boy ,arthur is1' ,i'd feel better about going home so often40 8,it wouldn't be a difficult promise to make10 she says thoughtfully4 8,perhaps ,i do it anyway4 ,you're awfully silly sometimes40 8,good6 ,at any rate1 that would mean that you would say my name twice a day40 8,heavens60 8,it did sound sentimental1 didn't it8 ,well1 forget it4 ,you know1 ,i am serious about ,bob3 ,i wish he'd dislike me a little more actively40 ,she sits up and speaks with decision4 8,arthur6 ,you know well enough that ,bob doesn't dislike you at all40 8,is that it80 you ask1 sorrowfully4 8,then it's his maddening indifference that ,i can't forgive him4 ,i won't forgive him1 anyway1 so you might as well give up40 8,if it would make you feel any better1 he said just the other evening1 #8,why doesn't that kid get to work8 ,he's been hanging around here a lot longer than he would if ,i were his father4'0 8,yes10 you answer1 8that helps4 ,that helps4 ,i feel almost kindly toward him now4 ,i'm glad you told me40 8,you know well enough you like ,bob60 ,shake your head4 8,it's just another of my worries4 ,i do like ,bob4 ,i love ,bob4 ,he's such a child40 ,she giggles4 8,well1 ,i wish he could hear you40 8,yes1 isn't it funny8 ,we go around feeling paternal about each other and you lie there and laugh at both of us4 ,let's not talk about him any more4 ,i'm not a sub rosa visitor yet2 ,i haven't any right to talk4 ,where's ,betty80 8,i sent her out to the ,park for the afternoon40 ,she looks out of the window4 8,we've had such wretched weather until today4 ,she'll be heartbroken when she finds out you were here4 ,now that the family's all discussed and taken care of1 tell me how you are4 ,have you been doing anything wicked lately8 ,tell me some gossip about the younger generation40 8,what do ,i know about the younger generation8 ,i haven't been playing around4 ,it's queer restless weather4 ,i've been trying to write4 ,i'm surprised you haven't noticed this air4 ,there's something in it4 ,even you must have noticed4 ,it isn't exactly wild4 ,spiritually provocative1 ,i think--whatever that means40 8,why shouldn't ,i have noticed it80 she asks4 8,you60 you cry bitterly4 8,a sublimely wise person like you8 ,alice dearest1 why should you have noticed it8 ,or if you did1 why should you admit it80 ,she raised her eyebrows1 somewhat surprised4 8,you sound angry10 is all she says4 8,what's the matter80 8,nothing4 ,i'm in a bad temper40 8,you really are10 she says wonderingly4 8,i've never seen you like this4 ,won't you tell me what's the matter80 8,oh1 for ,god's sake6 ,why won't you get angry8 ,why won't you tell me to get out80 8,arthur1 what is the matter80 ,she speaks gently4 8,i wish you'd get angry1 just once4 ,i'd like to fight and fight with you4 ,i'd like to make you cry4 ,i could1 too1 if ,i only knew how to begin40 ,she looks at you in silence4 ,then go on--8,sit up1 ,alice6 ,sit up and slap me4 ,stop looking so damned comfortable4 ,you don't really feel comfortable40 8,but ,i do10 she protests4 8,i'm sorry1 but ,i do40 ,it is funny1 but she doesn't laugh4 8,no you aren't4 ,you're sure enough of yourself2 you're secure1 but you don't like all this any more than ,i do40 8,all what80 8,all--all that you don't like4 ,why can't you tell me8 ,i keep hoping you will1 but you never do4 ,why can't you tell me8 ,i tell you everything4 ,you have every bit of me4 ,you make me tell you everything and then you never give anything back40 8,arthur60 she cries1 hurt4 8,i can't help it40 ,lean closer to her startled face4 8,there's just one thing ,i really want4 ,just one4 ,the one thing ,i'll never get from you40 8,what is it1 dear80 8,i want you to tell me the truth4 ,to look at me and say1 #8,arthur1 ,i don't really like this at all4 ,i hate this house4 ,i hate being smooth and perfect4 ,i hate my mother for what she did to me1 making me like this--'0 8,don't60 she cries4 8#8,and ,i hate my daughter for what ,i am making of her4 ,i hate her when she looks like her father--'0 8,no6 ,no60 8#8,and ,i want to die when ,i realize that ,i am getting more and more like all of them1 all the time4' ,go on1 ,alice4 ,say it40 ,she shakes her head slowly1 and weeps4 8,i can't40 8,say it60 you repeat4 8,i--,alice1 ,i made you cry1 didn't ,i8 ,never mind4 ,say it40 8,no4 ,the one thing you can never----0 she cries convulsively4 8,what is it1 dearest80 8,you said it yourself10 she sobs4 8,the one thing you can never have4 ,i won't4 ,i can't40 8,stop crying1 dearest4 ,please4 ,i can't hear you when you talk like that4 ,darling1 darling1 ,i'm so sorry ,i made you cry4 ,i'm so glad4 ,kiss me4 ,you must1 darling4 ,it's the only other thing to do4 ,alice1 you know it is4 ,kiss me4 ,if you won't talk4444 ,we must1 dear40 8,yes10 she says4 ,take her in your arms4 #e4 ,i',m ,,bad ,,type3 ,the very young man with all distinguishing characteristics still in extremely early stages4 ,,subject3 ,any nice girl under fifteen years4 ,,apparatus3 #a ,porch swing4 ,,remarks3 ,this lesson is relegated to the use of the kiddies2 it is good for very little else4 ,in this day of experience and the single standard it is pass1 and ,i include it more as a curiosity than anything else4 ,the beginner should know the fundamental principles1 at any rate4 ,for older participants in the game who wish to try their luck along these lines1 ,i suggest more restraint4 ,a few dark hints will go farther than any amount of explicit description4 ,the imagination of an innocent girl can work wonders with a very slight encouragement4 ,i',m ,,bad 8,but it is different10 says the little girl1 with an eager note in her voice4 ,you give up the argument for a time and sit in silence1 hearing only the creaking of the porch swing's chain above the noises of the summer night4 ,she takes up the conversation again4 8,i mean that supposing ,i should want to do all those things--some girls do1 you know--well1 ,i couldn't4 ,of course it isn't likely ,i should want to4 ,i don't see any fun in hanging on to the under part of a train----0 8,riding the blinds10 you say1 patiently4 8,all right2 riding the blinds4 ,but there might be something4 ,like--like staying up all night1 perhaps1 when it isn't ,new ,year's4 ,bob used to do that4 ,mother didn't think it was particularly terrible if he just said he was studying1 but ,i can't even do that4 ,it isn't fair4 ,here ,i am a senior in high school and practically grown up and they'll always treat me like a baby just because ,i'm a girl40 8,yeah10 say1 as she stops for breath1 8it's a shame40 ,and this is as far as your sympathy goes4 ,after all there isn't much else to say4 ,nevertheless she feels slightly resentful4 8,you don't have to be so satisfied about it10 she says4 8,i'm not satisfied4 ,only ,i don't know what ,i'm supposed to do about it4 ,i think myself you girls are pretty darned lucky4 ,a man has to look out for himself1 and believe me sometimes it isn't so much fun as you think40 8,well1 even if----0 8,no1 you can say things like that for hours1 but you can't really tell until you have to try it4 ,why1 ,i'd just like to see you in some of those situations40 ,she is really impressed4 8,what situations80 8,aw1 ,i couldn't tell you4 ,a fellow couldn't really talk about some of it40 8,oh1 go on6 ,i wouldn't tell anyone60 8,you bet you wouldn't6 ,what if ,i told you that ,i was caught in a ,raid80 8,really8 ,you're not kidding8 ,what kind of a raid80 8,why1 a--a ,raid4 ,there's just one kind4 ,the cops come in and pretty soon the music stops and----0 8,where80 8',xpect me to tell8 ,oh1 well1 then--,place called the ,yellow ,mill40 8,oo1 gee6 ,were you alone80 8,was ,i alone6 ,don't be such a dumb-bell4 ,of course ,i wasn't alone4 ,do you suppose a fellow goes to those cabarets alone8 ,why1 they wouldn't let him in60 8,then who was with you80 8,never you mind4 ,some other men and some girls40 8,what girls8 ,anyone in school80 8,maybe and maybe not40 8,honest8 ,then it was4 ,i'll bet it was ,eleanor40 8,well1 it just wasn't4 ,what do you think ,eleanor is8 ,a man wouldn't take a ,,nice girl to the ,yellow ,mill40 8,why--why ,walter1 you don't know any other kind1 do you80 8,say1 don't judge everybody by yourself40 8,well--what happened80 8,i told you what happened4 ,the cops came in and the music stopped and some of the girls sort of screamed and then the cops started looking for booze40 8,did you have any80 8,well of course we had had some1 but by the time----0 8,oh1 ,walter60 8,gosh1 don't you think a fellow has to have a drink sometimes8 ,by the time they came we had finished it40 8,what was it80 8,you wouldn't know the difference if ,i told you4 ,it was wine4 ,elmer got it from his old man40 8,elmer ,busby80 8,nevermind4 ,well----0 8,it was60 8,well1 what if it was8 ,do you want to hear about this80 8,oh1 yes40 8,well1 keep quiet4 ,well1 there wasn't any left when the cop came over to us1 so he couldn't prove anything4 ,he just looked at us and said #8,all right4 ,outside6'0 8,then what80 8,why--then we went home40 8,gee1 ,i'd have been scared to death40 8,sure you would4 ,any girl would have been40 ,she sighs and looks out over the front lawn4 8,maybe ,i wouldn't have been scared1 though4 ,maybe----0 8,sure you would have60 8,no1 wait a minute4 ,maybe it would be fun to be scared sometimes40 8,well1 ,i'd think so1 myself1 but a girl wouldn't4 ,a nice girl40 8,why1 ,walter6 ,what a thing to say60 8,well1 ,i mean it4 ,look at the way all of you act--#8,oh1 no1 it wouldn't be right--do you think we ought to8'0 8,what are you talking about80 8,you4 ,that's just what you said the other night after the party when ,i tried----0 8,well1 really1 ,walter1 ,i don't see what that has to do with raids40 8,well1 it's the same thing40 8,just because ,i didn't let you kiss me80 8,well1 why didn't you80 8,i don't like kissing40 8,you just don't care4 ,you never do let me kiss you4 ,you don't know anything about it4 ,that's the way girls are4 ,no wonder you never have any fun40 8,walter1 ,i think you're really bad40 8,sure ,i'm bad6 ,i have a good time4 ,you don't40 8,no1 ,i don't4 ,but ,i didn't mean that40 8,you're afraid4 ,that's all40 8,walter1 ,i guess----0 she stops4 8,what80 8,i guess you can kiss me once4 ,don't tell anybody40 ,silence4 8,there now4 ,what did you think80 8,i didn't like it4 ,it was horrid4 ,if you tell anybody ,i'll never speak to you again40 8,well1 then1 try it again4 ,i won't tell anybody4 ,come on6 ,what do you think ,i am8 ,sure ,i won't tell anybody40 8,oh1 ,walter1 ,i bet you think ,i'm terrible40 8,of course ,i don't4 ,don't be a dumb-bell40 ,a sudden voice calls from the house4 8,willa6 ,willa1 it's ten-thirty60 8,oh1 ,walter1 ,i have to go40 8,good night4 ,whatcha crying about8 ,what is it1 ,willa80 8,oh1 you just think ,i'm terrible60 8,honest ,i don't4 ,can ,i come over tomorrow night80 8,you know you don't want to4 ,oh1 ,mother's calling again40 8,sure ,i want to40 8,all right40 8,good night4 ,listen1 ,willa4 ,honest ,i think it's all right4 ,i think you're a good sport4 ,honest4 ,good night40 #f4 ,,an ,,ugly ,,old ,,thing ,,like ,,me ,,type3 ,the unscrupulous man without too much pride when it comes to women4 ,seemingly frank and open2 the rough diamond with a soft heart2 ,punch wanting to be ,hamlet4 ,,subject3 ,tender-hearted and impulsive4 ,a very sweet character4 ,,apparatus3 #a ,automobile #a ,package cigarettes4 ,,remarks3 ,scarcely a girl in the world is trained to be on her guard against pity4 ,as a rule a young woman is sure that she is a difficult proposition because of her knowledge of the world and its wicked ways4 ,she is looking1 not for weakness1 but for strength to combat2 for presumption so that she may step on it4 ,it does not occur to any normal girl that she might be taken unawares as an angel of consolation4 ,,an ,,ugly ,,old ,,thing ,,like ,,me ,it is evening1 and you are driving home from dinner in the country4 ,it is a warm summer night and too early to be going back2 you have already made a remark to that effect4 ,suddenly you turn the car into a private-looking road that leads away from the stream of home-going cars4 8,now what80 she asks4 8,i want to show you a place ,i found once4 ,are you in any particular hurry80 8,no4 ,what is this place80 8,you'll find out in a minute4444 ,here we are40 ,the car comes to a stop in a natural sort of amphitheater1 banked by high walls of rock on one side and well enclosed by shrubbery that is just becoming impassable with the full foliage of midsummer4 8,it's an old quarry10 explain to her4 8,nice1 isn't it8 ,i suppose in the daytime it's full of picnic people1 but ,i like it40 8,so do ,i10 she answers4 ,there is a silence1 and you both light cigarettes4 8,quiet10 you mutter4 ,in the deep stillness the air seems full of life4 ,some animal crashes through the bushes1 but the moonlight is not so bright as it seemed and you cannot see him4 ,you sigh1 throw your cigarette out onto the ground1 and take the girl into your arms4 ,she does not resist at first1 except to say 8,quit6 ,you'll burn yourself40 ,then she too casts aside her cigarette and settles down comfortably4 ,but you are too urgent for her4 8,wait a minute10 she gasps1 sitting up with some difficulty and putting a careful hand to her hair4 8,what's the matter with you80 8,nothing4 ,i'm only human1 that's all40 8,well1 you weren't acting human40 8,sorry4 ,will you forgive me80 8,sure40 ,there is another silence1 until she has to object again4 8,really10 she protests1 8,i don't know what's the matter with you tonight4 ,you've never acted like this before40 8,i'm terribly sorry1 really4 ,i couldn't stand it if ,i thought ,i'd offended you4 ,we've been good friends2 ,i don't see why ,i have to spoil it like this40 8,oh1 it's all right4 ,i understand40 8,you're awfully sweet1 do you know it80 8,am ,i really80 8,much sweeter than anybody else40 8,silly60 8,ann1 ,i do love you40 8,well then1 give me another cigarette40 8,no1 not just now4 ,please60 ,but after a little interlude of quiet1 she protests4 8,arthur1 listen4 ,you simply must behave4 ,i don't feel that way2 can't you see8 ,i like you a lot1 but ,i just don't feel that way4 ,you can't make me feel that way1 either4 ,i'm sorry4 ,i'll have to get mad in a minute40 ,don't answer1 but stare gloomily at the steering-wheel4 ,she is a little worried4 8,arthur1 what's the matter8 ,i wish you wouldn't act that way4 ,it makes me feel so mean4 ,i don't want to be mean4 ,i just thought it would be better to tell the truth40 ,sigh and pat her hand4 8,you're perfectly right1 dear4 ,it's just like you--honest even if you're cruel40 8,don't be so silly4 ,it isn't cruel4 ,i can't help it if ,i can't feel that way4 ,i never feel that way40 8,never80 8,arthur1 you know ,i like you better than anybody40 8,no1 you don't40 8,how can you tell8 ,i don't usually lie40 8,nobody likes me40 8,why1 ,arthur60 ,she pulls your head over to hers and kisses you4 8,there1 silly40 8,never mind1 ,ann10 say sadly4 8,never mind4 ,you don't have to4 ,you can always be perfectly honest with me4 ,i understand40 8,oh1 you do not either60 ,she is impatient4 8,you don't understand me at all1 if you're going to sulk like that4 ,here1 kiss me40 ,then bury your face in her neck4 8,oh1 ,ann1 you're so sweet and ,i'm such a mess4 ,i'm going to take you home4 ,i'll just make a fool of myself40 8,why1 ,arthur80 she says1 gently4 8,don't feel so badly4 ,i understand40 8,you always understand1 dear40 8,i can't go home while you feel so badly4 ,i want to be a friend of yours1 ,arthur40 8,never mind4 ,it's all right4 ,i know all about it4 ,i don't blame you40 8,blame me8 ,for what80 8,for not liking me ,like ,that40 8,like what80 8,never mind4 ,i should have thought of it before4 ,you're too sweet2 you should have told me4 ,then ,i wouldn't have bothered you40 8,but ,arthur1 you don't bother me6 ,what do you mean80 8,please1 ,ann1 ,i don't want to talk about it40 8,you have to1 now4 ,you've started4 ,i've got to know4 ,what is it80 8,never mind4 ,i'm going to take you home40 8,you are not6 ,i won't go home4 ,you sit right there and explain yourself40 8,oh1 darling1 please let me take you home6 ,of course ,i understand4 ,i should have thought of it right away4 ,an ugly old thing like me44440 8,oh1 ,arthur60 ,she cries out in pain4 8,arthur1 how could you think of such a thing6 ,look at me60 ,but don't4 ,she turns your face toward hers by gripping your ears4 ,you are crying1 and looking at you she begins to cry too1 in pity4 8,arthur1 how could you8 ,how could you hurt me so80 ,put your arm around her and pat her on the shoulder4 8,never mind1 ,ann4 ,never mind1 old girl1 it's all right40 8,kiss me10 she murmurs1 from the depths of your coat-collar4 8,no40 8,yes4 ,please1 ,arthur40 8,you don't want to4 ,you don't feel that way4 ,you're just sorry for me40 8,no1 no1 no6 ,kiss me60 ,kiss her4 ,she clings to your lips in an ecstasy of renunciation4 8,oh1 ,ann60 cry1 with a break in your voice4 8,what1 darling8 ,never mind4 ,kiss me again40 8,ann1 you'd better be careful4 ,really1 you'd better be careful40 8,never mind1 darling40 8,ann1 are you sure you won't be sorry80 ,she doesn't answer4 8,an ugly old thing like me1 ,ann44440 ,but as might be expected1 she clings to your coat lapel even harder4 8,ah1 ,ann1 loveliest 444 you're not just sorry for me80 ,perhaps she shakes her head4 ,you aren't sure4 8,because1 ,ann10 you add1 in an uncertain voice from which you try to keep the triumph1 8,i'm only human40 ,there is no objection4 #g4 ,,be ,,independent6 ,,type3 ,the young man who can be sincere in declaration of his radical sympathies4 ,any one who does not really believe in his expressed opinions will probably fail4 ,,subject3 ,passionately impersonal2 burning with zeal to destroy the wrongs of the world4 ,not much given to paying attention to her own emotions1 preferring rather to settle universal problems in the mass4 ,,apparatus3 #a ,city #a ,brief case ,,remarks3 ,most of ardent advocates of social improvement are the products of conventional environment4 ,they are inclined to class together all of the rules of conduct which they have denounced as part of a deliberate scheme to slow up the progress of humanity's freedom4 ,if you can associate in their minds the conventional concept of morality with the mossgrown ideas of property and government so horrible to the advanced thinker1 you are well on the road to success4 ,,be ,,independent6 ,walking home from the meeting of the ,social ,science ,club1 you are more quiet than usual4 ,it is strange that you should be quiet at all2 you aren't that type4 ,both of you love to talk2 your intimacy has grown up in spite of1 rather than because of this tendency4 ,you became acquainted two or three months before1 across the crowded room of the ,communist ,club when you both leaped to your feet to refute some heretical statement by the speaker of the evening1 who had expressed an unsound and intolerant view concerning ,union rule4 ,you had cried out together in protest1 turned and looked at each other1 faltered1 and sat down4 ,then you both had risen again1 even more precipitately1 looked at each other again in a less amiable manner1 and started to speak again4 ,the crowd laughed4 ,at last she had bowed to you jerkily and sat down again1 leaving the field to you4 ,but when she heard what you had to say she did not dislike you so much4 ,you expressed her views exactly4 ,to be sure1 you did not say all there was to be said1 and when you finished she had to make several additions4 ,but after the meeting you waited for each other and took up the thread of the argument again4 ,you walked five miles that night and didn't notice4 ,ever since then you have been seeing a good deal of each other1 at little ,russian restaurants where each pays his own check1 at concerts where you each firmly buy your own tickets1 and even at her home1 where her family gazes upon you with disfavor and tries to persuade her to wear a hat when she goes out with you4 ,tonight there is a tension in the air between you1 and you do not know what to do about it4 ,she has been quarreling with her family and you have discussed it backwards and forwards and all around2 there was no more to say4 8,i don't understand you at all10 repeat for the twentieth time4 8,you're so intelligent about everything but your own affairs4 ,can't you see that you must attack your own problem with an impersonal sort of attitude8 ,it's the only sensible way to do anything40 8,yes1 ,i know10 she answers1 gloomily1 8but you don't understand1 exactly4 ,i have to battle against all the fifteen years that ,i was under their influence1 besides fighting them4 ,there's an element within myself that ,i can't manage4 ,all sorts of feelings----0 8,i know10 sympathetically1 8anachronistic ideas of duty1 and filial fondness1 and so forth4 ,they work on all that4 ,thank ,god my mother deserted me when ,i was a baby4 ,father's different40 8,you're lucky10 she says4 8,it makes me furious4 ,after all1 ,i'm of age1 and a lot more intelligent than they'll ever be4444 ,well1 we've said all that4 ,i'll just have to let it work itself out40 8,it won't10 you assure her4 8,the only way to settle a thing of this sort is to cut it all off4 ,why don't you go away80 8,how can ,i80 she says4 8,i haven't the moral courage to hold out against them4 ,i could go down and live with ,marya for a week or so1 but you know what would happen4 ,first ,ellen would walk in and talk to me1 pretending to admire me but holding her skirts away from the furniture all the time4 ,she'd tell me that ,mother hasn't been well lately1 and then they'd invite me to the house for dinner and they'd act simply angelic and rather pitiful1 and then ,i'd come back4 ,i always do2 it's happened before4 ,i know ,i'm weak1 but it's stronger than my intelligence40 8,of course that's one thing ,i'll never be able to understand4 ,how anyone could stand that house for two hours passes my comprehension1 and you've been living there all your life4 ,how do you do any work80 8,i don't10 she says1 simply4 8,i haven't really done anything definite since the last election4 ,you can't work any conviction into your speeches if there are a lot of materialists around all the time4 ,oh1 ,i ought to starve6 ,how can ,i go on pretending like this80 8,never mind4 ,you're getting there4 ,there's nothing wrong with a person that could get away from her environment as completely as you have4 ,but ,i can see that it's a struggle40 8,thank you10 she says1 gratefully4 ,you walk on in silence4 8,martha10 you say at last1 8,i know one way out40 8,what is it80 8,come with me40 8,with you8 ,but where80 8,come on home with me4 ,i'll tell ,father that you're going to stay there1 and that'll be all there is to it4 ,he won't object2 he knows better40 8,oh1 ,i couldn't10 she says1 hastily4 8,why not8 ,it would settle things with your family4 ,i know that type4 ,they'd never bother you again2 they would cut you off completely40 ,she is staggered1 and obviously does not know how to answer4 8,you're a real friend10 she says1 at last4 8,it's good of you to offer4 ,but44440 8,not so generous1 after all4 ,certainly ,i don't have to tell you that ,i love you and all that1 do ,i8 ,we know better than to waste our time with such sentimental stuff4 ,but you know that ,i'd be only too glad44440 8,i don't know10 she says1 thoughtfully4 8,honestly1 ,i never thought about it4 ,it's part of my training1 ,i suppose1 but it's hard to decide to do a thing like that1 right away40 8,think of it in a sensible way10 you urge4 8,try to throw away those inhibitions4 ,you know well enough that in the course of time we would be lovers4 ,isn't this better than slinking and being furtive about it1 and fooling your family8 ,i'd hate it4 ,as a matter of fact1 ,i have been worrying about it4 ,this would be such a fine1 brave thing for you to do4 ,come on1 ,martha1 be independent4 ,prove to yourself that you're something more than an average female who wants nothing but security40 8,but it's so difficult10 she says4 8,you don't understand4 ,it would kill ,mother40 8,you know it wouldn't4 ,she might think that she's going to die1 but she won't4 ,people don't die over such things4 ,and if she did10 you add1 superbly1 8she wouldn't have any right to4 ,no one has any right to die because someone else lives up to her convictions40 8,that doesn't help it1 somehow10 she says4 8,martha1 admit to yourself that it's the only thing to do4 ,you can't go on like this4 ,if you do1 they'll sell you to some capitalist for a marriage license and a promise that he'll leave you money when he dies4 ,you'll be part of the same vicious circle4 ,you can't play at both of the games1 ,martha4 ,if you don't take your freedom when you have the chance ,i'll have to decide that you're insincere40 ,she looks very undecided and unhappy4 8,i don't know what's the matter10 she confesses1 8but ,i can't40 ,stop and take her arm4 ,she turns around and faces you in the dark street4 ,it is very late and quiet4 8,listen1 ,martha10 you say gravely1 8it's up to you4 ,i don't want to persuade you to do anything that you don't really feel you want to do4 ,but ,i think that ,i understand you4 ,you have a beautiful nature1 ,martha4 ,you have a splendid mind that your family weren't able to spoil4 ,as soon as you are strong enough to cast off all the deadly conventions that they've tied you with1 you'll be able to do real things for the world4 ,and yet that isn't what ,i want to say to you now4 ,i respect and admire you1 ,martha1 and ,i want you4 ,you want me4 ,what else is there to this business8 ,come with me1 ,martha1 and we'll work together4 ,throw away that background of yours4 ,step out into the light40 8,oh1 ,michael60 she cries4 ,your face relaxes1 and you smile4 ,say1 8,there now1 let's do it all1 right now4 ,go home and get your things4 ,i'll go with you1 if you like4 ,then they can do what they want to2 ,i know you won't back out40 ,arm in arm1 you walk down the street4 #h4 ,,what ,,do ,,you ,,think ,,your ,,husband',s ,,doing8 ,,type3 ,the man who likes to use an appeal to reason to gain his ends4 ,he is untrained1 but possesses a certain native subtlety4 ,,subject3 ,small and thirty1 overworked1 with a face that has been prettier1 but which could be much less pretty4 ,,apparatus3 ,excursion boat4 ,,remarks3 ,this is a system which is based on the simplest and most atavistic of human emotions--jealousy4 ,reflection upon this fact may deter from its use a number of my students who would regard such an easy and impersonal victory as an affront to their pride and self-confidence as first-rate seducers4 ,it is true that the success of the method is much more the result of the subject's internal conflict than of any remarkable attributes on the part of the student4 ,but it is up to the seducer to be there at the psychological moment to suggest action4 ,it takes a large amount of tact and self-control to bring the situation to the point of this suggestion without arousing the suspicions of the subject4 ,it is not too easy4 ,do not treat it with contempt4 ,,what ,,do ,,you ,,think ,,your ,,husband',s ,,doing8 ,it is night on the boat2 the last evening of the ,see-,america-,first-,cruise2 ,excursion tickets good until ,august thirty-first2 ,send the wife and kiddies if you can't go yourself4 ,it is night and all the children have gone to bed1 allowing a blessed quiet to creep from the darkness and shroud the boat in wistful romance4 ,two figures stand in the bow4 ,she3 ,well1 home tomorrow4 ,you3 ,yes4 7,sigh7 ,back to work4 ,she3 ,i do hope it'll be cooler4 ,but there1 it never does get any cooler until the middle of ,september or after1 so what's the use of hoping8 ,i didn't have any right running away from the house this time of the year4 ,you3 ,sure you did4 ,when you first came on the boat ,i said to myself1 8,there's a little woman that sure needs a rest40 ,she3 ,you did6 ,i didn't know ,i looked that bad4 ,the doctor told me to take a rest1 but land1 he's always telling me that4 ,you3 ,no1 ,i don't mean you looked exactly bad2 only sort of thin and pale4 ,she3 7,pleased73 ,thin6 ,heavens1 ,i didn't know that ,i ever looked thin4 ,but it isn't any wonder ,i'm pale4 ,goodness knows ,i never get out of the house4 ,you3 ,you know1 that's one thing ,i just can't understand about men4 ,the way they let their wives stay at home4 ,believe me1 if ,i ever get married my wife is going to have the best of everything4 ,and plenty of time to enjoy it1 too4 ,she3 ,well1 ,i certainly think your wife'll be lucky4 ,but you'll probably have to wait a long time to be earning enough4 ,i guess ,,he doesn't have it any too easy himself1 working all day in an office4 ,sometimes he comes home mighty tired4 ,you3 ,maybe1 but don't you believe he has it any near as bad as you do4 ,i'll never forget my poor old mother slaving day in and day out4 ,you know what they say--8,man's work is from sun to sun2 it's woman's whole existence0 or something like that4 ,i tell you1 ,i grew up to respect women1 ,i did4 7,there is a pause while you think about it47 ,she 7sighing73 ,well1 ,i certainly like to hear a man talk like that sometimes4 ,i just wish ,joe could hear you4 ,you3 ,oh1 he'd say ,i didn't know anything about it1 seeing as ,i'm not married4 ,she3 ,i don't know4 ,joe's awful reasonable4 ,it was because of him ,i took this trip4 ,he saw the ad in the paper and he says 8,mary1 that'd be mighty good for you10 he says4 ,and ,i says1 8,yes1 but how would you get along80 ,he says1 8,oh1 ,i'll manage40 ,and now ,i know that when ,i look at that kitchen ,i'll just sit down and cry4 ,i do like a nice clean kitchen4 ,he didn't even want me to take the children4 ,you3 ,oh well1 it's no more than he ought to do4 ,you're a mighty nice little woman2 ,i bet he ought to know it4 ,she3 ,aw6 ,you3 ,i bet he don't know how lucky he is4 ,married fellows never do4 ,how long have you been married anyway8 ,she3 ,that's a personal question4 ,you3 ,is it8 ,i'm sorry4 ,she3 ,don't be silly4 ,i've been married six years4 ,you3 ,gee1 he must've married you out of high school4 ,she3 ,kidder6 7,she is pleased47 ,well1 ,i guess ,i did get married kind of young4 ,you3 ,i'll say you did4 ,she3 ,i think it's better that way1 don't you8 ,keeps kids out of mischief4 ,you3 ,i don't know4 ,i almost got married1 but--,i always thought maybe ,i'd better see the world first4 ,she3 ,maybe the ,right ,one didn't come along for you4 ,you3 ,i guess that was it4 ,just my luck to find her when--oh1 well4 ,she3 ,what were you going to say8 ,you3 ,wouldn't it be too bad if she did come along and ,i was too late8 ,she3 ,that's always the way1 ,i guess4 ,you3 ,yes1 that's always the way4 7,another silence47 ,she3 ,you're awful romantic1 aren't you8 ,i'd know right away you wasn't a married man4 ,you3 ,that's funny4 ,it's just what ,i would have said about you4 ,she3 ,you could tell right away ,i was married8 ,you3 ,no1 just the other way around4 ,i said1 8,well1 here she is60 ,she3 ,here who is8 ,you3 ,and then ,i saw your wedding-ring4 ,she3 ,you know ,i have a girl friend who always takes off her ring when she goes to a matinee4 ,joe says to me1 8,mary if ever a wife of mine did that ,i'd give her a good hiding40 ,you3 ,yeah8 ,honest1 you'd be surprised at the number of married women there are that lead a fellow on4 ,she3 ,really8 ,you3 ,you bet4 ,you wouldn't know any like that1 of course2 but the way they act there ought to be a law against it4 ,she3 ,i always say if a woman isn't happy with her husband she ought to come right out and say so and get divorced or else not show anybody the way she feels4 ,you3 ,that's the right way to look at it4 ,of course ,i guess men don't make it too easy for you either4 ,now me1 whenever ,i'm tempted ,i just think of my old mother4 ,she3 ,it depends on the mother too4 ,you3 ,sure4 7,a comfortable and agreeing silence1 while the boat glides on through the darkness47 ,you3 ,it sure is nice to meet a woman who can talk about these things without any--any foolishness4 ,oh well4 ,tomorrow it'll all be over4 ,she3 ,tomorrow4 7,sigh again and pat her hand on the rail1 leaving your hand over hers when the patting is finished47 ,you3 ,don't you think people ought to be broadminded about some things8 ,she3 ,i guess so4 ,what things8 ,you3 ,oh1 different things4 ,she3 ,sure4 7,emboldened1 you put your arm around her4 ,she starts away47 ,she3 ,no1 don't4 ,you3 ,why8 ,she3 ,it's wrong4 ,you ought to be ashamed4 ,you3 ,what's wrong about it8 ,we want to1 don't we8 ,she3 ,say1 ,joe would kill you if he could hear you4 ,you3 ,he can't hear me4 ,aw1 be sensible4 ,she3 ,i'm being sensible4 ,you're a nice fellow2 now quit4 ,i'm going in4 ,you3 ,no1 wait a minute4 ,just a minute4 ,you've got me all wrong4 ,we've been good friends1 haven't we8 ,she3 ,yes1 we have4 ,i didn't know you were going to be like this4 ,you3 ,didn't you8 ,she 7blazing73 ,no1 ,i didn't6 ,and what's more---- ,you3 ,now1 don't get mad4 ,don't get mad4 ,she3 ,what's more1 ,joe would kill you6 ,i told you he'd kill you4 ,you3 ,there can't be any harm in me putting my arm around you4 ,she3 ,sh-h-h6 7,the captain passes them in the darkness1 muttering 8,nice evening1 folks40 ,she is frightened1 and as you put your arm around her again she does not object47 ,you3 ,what harm could there be in it8 ,she3 ,i wish you'd---- ,you3 ,come on1 put your face up4 7,kiss her47 ,she 7bursting into tears73 ,i tell you ,joe would kill you4 ,you3 ,say1 kid1 what makes you so sure8 ,she3 ,what do you mean8 ,you3 ,what do you think he's doing while you're away8 ,she3 ,joe8 ,why--why---- ,you3 ,oh1 be sensible4 ,what did he send you away for8 ,what do you think men are anyway8 ,she 7frightened73 ,you're wrong2 you don't know ,joe4 ,you3 ,now listen4 ,you know how easy it is to act this way4 ,she3 ,no--,i won't listen to you4 ,you3 ,i don't guess he's any different from the rest of us4 ,you been married six years8 ,say6 ,don't be dumb4 ,listen2 didn't that schoolmarm in your cabin get off today8 ,she3 ,no1 no4 ,you3 ,yes she did4 ,i'm coming around to say good night4 ,she3 ,but ,i don't want you to4 ,you3 ,i don't think you know what you do want4 ,she3 ,no1 ,i'm going in4 ,you3 ,we've got a lot to talk about4 ,she 7uncertainly73 ,i oughtn't4 ,you3 ,what's wrong with it8 ,don't be dumb4 ,she3 ,goodnight4 ,i guess we better say goodbye too4 ,you3 ,not yet4 ,oh1 have a little sense1 will you8 ,he don't know any more about you than you know about him4 ,she3 ,stop talking like that4 ,you3 ,well1 how about it8 ,she3 ,well---- ,you3 ,aw1 go on4 ,she3 ,well---- ,you3 ,this door locks1 don't it8 #i4 ,,music ,,gets ,,me ,,type3 ,the young man with some understanding of music and its effect on the untrained ear4 ,,subject3 ,a home girl with no particular leaning toward anything but marriage4 ,,apparatus3 #a ,victrola ,records as follows3 ,venetian ,moon ,tea for ,two ,merry ,widow ,waltz ,livery ,stable ,blues ,peggy ,o',neill ,floradora ,medley ,valse ,bluette ,at ,dawning ,leibestraum ,l',apres-,midi ,d'un ,faun ,fire ,song ,song of ,india ,,remarks3 ,the selection of music to be used for seduction is not an arbitrary matter4 ,a different combination is necessary for every variation in temperament4 ,some day it is to be hoped that the difficulty will be overcome2 perhaps someone will be able to compile a catalogue of effective combinations4 ,until then the student can do no better than his unassisted best4 ,,music ,,gets ,,me 8,wouldn't you think10 she says1 8we'd have something from last year1 anyway8 ,there isn't anything as dead as an old dance record4 ,we used to have parties and break the old ones1 ,i remember4 ,and ,i made up my mind not to buy any more except ,red ,seals1 because the other ones were out of date in a week4 ,i believe that for a while ,i spent my whole allowance on records1 every month40 8,yes1 it's funny how fast they change10 you say1 balancing a particularly warped disk on your forefinger4 8,remember when jazz first came in--all horns and those sweet-potato things8 ,they were awfully loud4 ,dad said the world was going crazy4 ,and then the toddle40 8,oh yes60 she cries1 standing on one foot and bobbing up and down4 8,it was hard to break the habit when it went out4 ,what are you going to play80 ,you wind up the handle1 and it squeaks in protest4 8,never mind4 ,see if you recognize it40 8,oh1 ,venetian ,moon6 ,that reminds me of something4 ,do songs mean things to you8 ,do certain tunes bring back certain thoughts and feelings to you80 8,sure1 whenever ,i hear ,poor ,butterfly ,i think of ,lorna ,doone4 ,i can't trace the connection exactly1 but ,i always do40 8,it must have been played somewhere when you read it10 she says4 ,the record is finished1 and the needle scrapes with a harsh sound4 8,it's all rusty10 she adds4 8,i'm going to have it fixed up4 ,i'm tired of the radio anyway4 ,i'd rather choose what ,i want to hear40 8,here's ,tea for ,two4 ,that was a pretty good one40 8,yes10 she sighs4 8,i was kissed for the first time when that was being played4 ,what a fearfully old record60 ,wind up the machine again and put it on1 then hold out your arms4 8,let's dance40 ,she glides to you4 ,after the first few bars kiss her lightly4 ,she stops1 pushing you away4 8,what's the idea80 she demands4 8,i was just trying to revive old memories10 you explain4 8,come on and finish2 ,i'll be good4 ,say1 you're a peach of a dancer40 8,thanks10 she says1 going back to the ,victrola4 8,whose old memories were you reviving then80 8,oh1 don't be funny10 you grumble4 8,here's a real old-timer40 ,hold it up for her to read2 it is the ,merry ,widow ,waltz4 8,mother used to dance to that10 she says4 8,let's try to dance in the way they did in the play last year40 ,but you can not imitate the graceful swooping circles of the ,viennese4 8,it's not so good10 she decides4 8,what else is here80 8,here's something called the ,livery ,stable ,blues4 ,do you know it8 ,i don't40 ,you put it on1 and a dreadful yowling fills the air4 ,she covers her ears4 8,stop it60 she cries4 8,take it off6 ,imagine dancing to that40 8,oh gosh6 ,here's ,peggy ,o',neill6 ,that has plenty of memories for me1 all right4 ,she turned me down the same evening40 8,i'm so sorry1 but you were too young to be getting married anyway4 ,look at this8 ,i wonder why no one ever broke it4 ,i think they played it at my first ,prom4 ,it's queer1 but the only people ,i remember at parties are perfectly irrelevant ones2 people ,i just have one dance with1 or something4 ,this is having a very bad effect on me4 ,i feel so old and regretful40 ,she sighs and looks in the mirror hanging on the wall4 8,well then10 say1 winding up the machine again1 8,listen to this and have a real good cry4 ,you weren't born yet when they were playing it40 ,start to sing with the music4 8,oh1 tell me1 pretty maiden1 are there any more at home like you8 ,there are a few--kind sir----0 8,i never even heard it10 she says4 8,it's quite catchy1 too4 ,they had a lot of good songs1 in their way4 ,what are you doing8 ,you'll get all dusty40 ,you are struggling with a large pile of ,red ,seals4 8,sometimes they have a waltz or something that you can use in these highbrow things10 shuffling them4 8,here's something2 ,valse ,bluette4 ,it might be good2 let's try to dance to it40 ,but the rhythm is too varied for you4 ,you struggle for a while1 and then she breaks away1 laughing and breathless4 8,no good10 she says4 8,but here's one of my favorites4 ,do you mind8 ,wait a minute40 ,john ,mc,cormick's voice rings out richly1 marred only by a periodic scratch4 8,when-n-n the dawwwn ,flames innnn the skyeeeeee ,i--uh--love--uh youuuuuu3 ,whennnn the birrrrdlings wake and cryeeeee ,i--uh--love--uh yououuuuooooo40 8,isn't that lovely80 she says1 raptly4 8,i always loved that song4 ,music always ,,gets me somehow4 ,let's play it again40 8,wait a minute10 you say4 8,i have something else40 ,the sweet strains of ,liebestraum make the air sticky1 and her ready laughter is stilled in reverence4 ,say1 8,i don't know if you'll like this one or not4 ,it's a long one40 ,she sits down on the divan4 8,sure4 ,go ahead4 ,what is it8 ,i don't remember any of them40 8,l',apres-,midi ,d',un ,faun40 8,what80 8,l',apres-,midi ,d',un ,faun4 ,it's ,french4 ,listen60 ,she shakes her head briskly as you turn the record over1 and starts to talk4 ,motion to her to be quiet1 and play the second part4 ,she speaks drowsily4 8,it's very queer4 ,it's made me sleepy4 ,are you playing it again8 ,for heaven's sake1 why80 8,well10 you explain1 8it always sounds better the second time40 ,listen to it again1 with your hands clasped together4 ,lean over to her4 8,it's a funny thing about that music4 ,it gets me40 ,kiss her4 8,i know10 she says4 8,if ,i listened to it very long ,i wouldn't be responsible40 8,responsible for what80 8,oh1 just responsible40 ,kiss her again4 ,she stands up4 8,let's play something loud and get waked up40 8,this ought to be loud4 ,the ,fire ,song40 8,no10 she decides1 after a few bars1 8it isn't loud enough4 ,i can't wake up4 ,play the ,hymn to the ,sun40 8,it scratches10 you object4 8,here's one something like it40 ,play the ,song of ,india4 ,she sighs and relaxes4 8,i love that10 she says1 dreamily4 8,what's that you're going to play80 ,without answering her1 put on ,l',apres-,midi ,d',un ,faun4 #aj4 ,,everybody ,,does ,,type3 ,unscrupulous and determined1 but subtle4 ,,subject3 ,one who is not sure of herself2 who hides an inner shrinking by a brave show of sophistication4 ,in her heart is a horrible doubt bred by the reticence of her elders4 ,she is beginning to feel that there are ancient1 eternal fibs rife in the cosmos4 ,she is convinced that everyone is in a conspiracy to keep her in ignorance4 ,,apparatus3 #a ,living room with sofa4 ,,remarks3 ,the young man in our illustration has compunctions about taking advantage of sentiments so like his own1 but sheer inertia carries him along4 ,so it will probably be in your case4 ,,everybody ,,does 8,i think you're perfectly ,,terrible10 says the girl1 smiling as if she doesn't expect to be believed4 8,whoever told you all about everything8 ,i wouldn't want to live if ,i felt that way4 ,why1 what would we be here for80 8,i don't see why we have to be here for anything1 particularly10 you answer4 8,what are mosquitoes for80 ,she hesitates for only a second4 8,so we won't get too lazy4 ,they probably wonder why we're here1 slapping them just when they want to eat40 ,look through the window to the lawn outside1 covered with snow4 8,that's an unusual remark for a girl of your sort to make10 you muse4 8,well1 you probably talk that way because this is winter4 ,now1 if ,i had asked you in ,july1 when there would be plenty of mosquitoes----0 8,what ,,are you talking about80 she asks4 8,what do you mean1 a girl of my type80 ,laugh and glance at her obliquely4 ,she is very pretty1 you think1 with that maddeningly serene face of hers4 ,just now1 though she is interested1 her expression isn't really with you4 ,you want to do something about it4 8,i mean a girl of your type10 repeat firmly4 8,a girl who believes everything she's taught40 ,she frowns a little4 8,wouldn't it be silly to go to school for as long as ,i have if ,i didn't use what they told me80 8,that isn't what school is for10 you answer hastily4 ,lord1 what a dumbbell6 ,why am ,i here1 anyway8 ,but she is pretty4 8,you're pretty1 anyway10 you say aloud4 8,but that's awfully mean6 ,pretty anyway6 ,what do you mean8 ,don't you think a girl can be pretty and have brains too80 8,well--brains of a sort40 ,now what am ,i in for8 8,sure ,i guess you have brains4 ,i bet you're practical in business things40 8,heavens1 no60 she protests4 8,i can't do a thing4 ,but ,i was good at school4 ,i was terribly good in ,latin40 ,turn a little on the sofa and smile at her1 leaning back4 8,ever have any philosophy courses80 8,of course10 she says promptly4 8,three hours a week40 8,and ,chapel every morning80 8,every morning40 8,what did you do in ,philosophy8 ,i know about the ,chapel40 8,oh1 we studied what all those old birds thought about the world and the mind and reality and those things4 ,and at examinations they asked us to summarize the different points of view40 8,and you had ,chapel every day80 you persist4 ,this is something4 8,i told you4 ,it was compulsory40 8,they told you what to think1 in ,chapel80 8,oh1 no60 she cries4 8,no4 ,sometimes the ,doctor would talk about smoking for girls1 and sometimes about movies4 ,and there is a beautiful sermon that he always gives at ,easter1 about bread and hyacinths4 ,that's about ,art1 you know40 ,nod thoughtfully4 8,yes4 ,he likes ,art1 doesn't he80 8,you're teasing me10 she says1 sadly4 8,whenever ,i talk about religion you get that way4 ,i don't see why we're always fighting40 8,we're not always fighting1 are we8 ,all right1 let's stop talking about school4 ,but ,i did want to ask you something4 ,why do you think it's so shocking when ,i say that ,god isn't watching everything you do80 ,and you think with some anger at yourself that here you are again4 8,i didn't think it was shocking10 she says eagerly4 8,i'm never shocked4 ,i was just surprised when you told ,lilian you didn't think ,he was personal enough to have opinions on ,prohibition40 8,what makes you think ,he is80 you ask4 ,put your arm around her shoulders2 she snuggles down comfortably4 8,well10 she begins reasonably1 8how would we all be here8 ,don't you think we must have come from--,i mean1 don't you see that we must be something like ,him8 ,not so perfect or so big and powerful1 but--why everybody knows that60 8,so that makes it all right10 you tease her4 8,if everybody thinks so40 8,well1 ,i guess they've always thought so1 for years4 ,and it seems to work4 ,here we are1 aren't we8 ,don't you think we're improving8 ,it must be right40 8,how did we get started on all this1 anyway80 ,you are bored4 8,it was talking about ,prohibition4 ,it always happens40 8,yes1 that's how it happened4 ,you fired up when ,lilian said it was a success4 ,i'm glad ,mother wasn't there to hear you4 ,she's a little afraid of you anyway40 8,is she8 ,why8 ,i'm safe enough4 ,we just talk--and talk--and talk60 ,confound old women6 8,i know10 she says happily4 8,i love to talk seriously4 ,we used to have lots of arguments in my room at school1 after hours4444 ,no1 ,i think you're right2 ,i don't think ,prohibition's a success at all4 ,i think anybody with sense would know it4 ,look at the way perfectly nice boys get drunk at every party4 ,i almost died the first time my escort did4 ,dad said he'd shoot the young puppy4 ,mother says that never used to happen4 ,i think ,prohibition is terrible40 8,you are pretty10 say irrelevantly1 and kiss her4 ,she returns the kiss placidly4 8,you shouldn't10 she says1 lazily4 8,why8 ,don't you like it80 8,of course not4 ,what made you think ,i did80 8,well1 most girls do4 ,in fact1 ,i might say that everybody does40 8,not girls60 she protests1 shocked4 8,for ,pete's sake60 you cry1 exasperated4 8,who on earth told you that8 ,you don't really think so1 do you80 8,why not8 ,don't you take a lot for granted80 8,i never take anything for granted4 ,why do you wear blue8 ,because it's becoming4 ,well1 why do you want to look pretty8 ,so that ,i'll kiss you4 ,of course60 8,don't do that4 ,i don't want you to40 8,if ,i thought you meant it ,i'd stop4 ,look here----0 ,oh ,lord1 can't ,i quit it8 8,listen4 ,you're not consistent40 8,how80 8,you say that whatever people do must be all right1 don't you80 8,if everybody does it and it works out40 8,well1 doesn't everybody do this80 8,oh1 no60 8,don't be an idiot6 ,how do you suppose you were born80 8,but my parents were married40 ,you tear your hair4 ,how can one be reasonable with such stupidity8 8,that hasn't any physiological significance60 8,i don't----0 8,you ,,could have been born without their being married1 couldn't you80 ,she considers1 then smiles triumphantly4 8,not with my parents60 8,but what the hell did you and your friends talk about at school80 8,well1 some of the girls might have been fast4 ,they wouldn't say1 of course40 8,a lot more than you suspected were probably #8fast4'0 ,she resents this4 8,i'm not so dumb as you think40 ,you feel guilty1 and at the same time stubborn4 ,you know this feeling3 you have had it before and it always gets you into trouble4 8,all right4 ,suppose ,i talked a little about your friend ,lilian8 ,how long have you known her80 8,all my life4 ,why----0 in quick alarm--8do you mean to say that you know anything about ,lilian that ,i don't80 8,i don't want to talk about ,lilian4 ,but you're very trusting for your age4 ,everyone lies to everybody2 didn't you know that8 ,kiss me and forget about it40 8,i can't4 ,you have to tell me4 ,tell me60 ,for a moment you feel sorry4 ,you shouldn't have done it2 you know it4 ,your arm tightens about her4 ,you have to stop her somehow2 she is going to cry4 8,please don't worry so4 ,everybody does4 ,please don't cry1 baby4 ,you are a baby4 ,it really doesn't matter1 ,i tell you4 ,not if everybody does40 8,no60 8,all right6 ,i didn't mean it60 ,she wipes her eyes and sits up1 looking at you curiously4 8,really8 ,did you mean it8 ,everybody8 ,lilian8 ,you80 8,i don't want to talk40 ,you feel miserable4 ,you feel like worrying her some more4 ,put your arms around her1 give her a little shake4 8,stop talking about it60 ,kiss her hard2 she kisses you with a new quality in her response4 ,there is something defiant in her kiss4 ,later1 going home1 you begin to feel badly again4 8,i wish ,i could control myself4 ,i always get into trouble4 ,that was queer1 though4 ,oh1 well40 ,pause at the edge of the pavement1 watching the sweep of the traffic1 8,she is pretty40 #aa4 ,,this ,,business ,,type3 ,any working man who does not have to work too hard to keep his mind on more important matters4 ,an opportunist4 ,,subject3 ,a girl of corresponding economic position1 preferably a stranger4 ,,apparatus3 #a ,barber ,chair with ,accessories4 ,,remarks3 ,the directness of this method calls for a good deal of self-confidence4 ,delicate or timid personalities should avoid it4 ,,this ,,business ,it is peaceful everywhere in town1 but the barber shop is the most peaceful place of all4 ,two of the boys are working2 talking in low tones to their customers2 and the third is drowsing in the corner1 behind the two-foot square bootblacking establishment4 ,he has long since read all the ancient ,libertys and ,colliers and newspapers that are lying on the chairs4 ,the air is full of gentle boredom4 ,then through the door comes a stranger4 ,she looks about the shop hesitantly2 the two men that are sprawled out having haircuts glance at her apathetically through the mirror4 ,not you1 however4 ,you leap to position behind your chair and wave your towel encouragingly1 almost lovingly4 ,you feel actually affectionate2 it has been a very dull afternoon4 ,she isn't bad either2 clean and pink-looking4 8,yes ma'am10 you murmur1 as you tuck the fragrant towel into the collar of her dress4 8,shingle80 8,not too short1 please10 she answers4 8,just a trim40 ,set to work with a flourish4 ,the barber on the end winks at you1 but pretend not to see it4 ,all is quiet for a few minutes except for the snipping of the scissors1 and then the coon who belongs to the bootblacking establishment shuffles through the door and puts a record on the ,victrola in the corner4 ,hum the tune and step lively as you reach for the clippers4 ,catch the customer's eye in the mirror and smile4 ,she responds slightly4 8,it may be old10 say jovially1 8but it's still good40 8,i always did like it10 she admits4 ,bend over and snip critically at a tuft of hair just behind her ear4 8,what ,i say is10 murmur confidingly1 8,i'd rather have a good old tune if it's really good than a lot of new junk4 ,it's funny about songs4 ,i play the clarinet myself4 ,sometimes you'll have a lot of swell ones and then a year'll go by and you won't have anything worth playing40 8,yes1 that's true10 says the lady4 8,weren't you in here about a month back80 ,pause with upraised scissors to regard your work in the mirror4 8,no10 she says1 8,i'm new in town4 ,i was through here once when ,i was a baby1 that's all40 8,that's funny4 ,i thought sure ,i cut your hair once before40 8,no1 you couldn't have40 8,who did cut it last time80 8,i don't know4 ,a fellow in ,dodge ,city40 8,it looks like a ,dodge ,city haircut4 ,they must learn how to cut hair by correspondence in that town40 ,chuckle at the joke4 ,she is annoyed4 8,it looked all right to me10 she says promptly4 8,sure10 answer her1 8it looks all right4 ,i'm not saying it didn't look all right4 ,it's when it gets long the unevenness shows up1 but you don't need to worry4 ,it looks all right now40 ,work industriously for a minute1 then step back again to survey the effect4 8,do you want it any shorter on the side there80 8,whatever you think looks best4 ,i guess you know more about how it ought to look40 8,oh1 ,i wouldn't say that10 you protest4 8,sure you do10 she says4 8,you going to stay in town long80 ,select a pair of clippers4 8,yes1 ,i'm here for good1 ,i guess4 ,i've got a job here40 8,that's swell10 heartily4 8,we need new people here4 ,don't we1 ,jim80 ,the second barber jumps and looks up4 8,eh80 he says4 8,i was just telling the little lady we need new people here40 8,oh1 uh1 yes4 ,sure40 8,yes10 you resume1 8it's a good town1 but sometimes you get to wishing there were more people4 ,you know1 young people40 8,yes1 ,i must say it doesn't look very lively to me10 she says4 8,of course ,i'm used to ,dodge ,city2 that's pretty lively40 8,well now1 ,i don't know4 ,you have to make your own excitement1 of course4 ,but it ain't so bad4 ,if you get in with the right kind1 of course4 ,a place like this1 it's pretty important what kind you get in with40 ,one by one1 the other customers leave and their barbers drift outside to loaf in the sun4 ,tiny grains of powder dance in the beams that slant to the floor of the shop4 8,do you mind the clippers80 8,no1 go ahead40 ,work a minute in silence4 8,say10 you begin1 8would you mind my asking you a personal question80 8,it depends on what it is40 ,she lowers her eyes to her lap4 8,are you married80 ,she smiles4 8,you've got a nerve4 ,no1 ,i ain't40 8,that's good40 8,why8 ,it's none of your business1 is it80 8,you don't act very friendly1 do you80 8,well1 ,i don't believe in acting as friendly as some people do40 ,laugh heartily and start to comb her hair tightly over her forehead4 8,you know1 you got pretty hair10 you say4 ,she glances at it rather complacently in the mirror1 and tips her head4 ,resume impulsively1 8,you know1 this business is awfully hard on a man of my calibre40 ,she is unsympathetic4 8,what do you want me to do about it80 8,nothing4 ,i was just wondering if you were busy tonight40 ,she giggles4 8,who wants to know80 8,ah1 cut that out60 you cry1 flicking the big duster on her neck4 8,i want to know4 ,who did you think80 8,i don't know about tonight10 she muses4 8,i've got a flivver4 ,there ought to be a dance somewhere4 ,i bet you're a mighty good little dancer40 8,i'd like to10 she admits1 8but ,i don't think ,i'd better40 8,why not80 8,well1 ,i'm just starting out in this place4 ,you know how it is40 8,what's the harm8 ,a ride and a little drink won't hurt you4 ,if you like ,i'll ask a couple of friends4 ,listen44440 ,one of the other barbers comes in again1 and you stop abruptly4 ,the haircut is obviously finished4 ,untuck the towel with lingering fingers and step to the door with her as she fumbles in her purse4 8,fifty cents1 ma'am10 you say loudly1 and add in a low voice1 8,listen4 ,eight o'clock1 see8 ,what address80 8,four eighty-three ,garden4 ,but ,i don't know44440 8,oh1 who'll ever know about it8 ,eight o'clock1 ,o4,k4 ,fifty cents1 seventy-five1 one dollar4 ,thank you ma'am40 8,say ,jim1 did you see that60 #ab4 ,,game ,,little ,,kid ,,type3 ,the out-of-door man who smokes a pipe and can hit twice in the same place when chopping wood4 ,one who believes in ,pure ,womanhood2 who would die for his country and kill any man with designs on his wife4 ,,subject3 ,rather young1 wistful and easy to flatter4 ,does not know what she believes1 but reflects the philosophy of any companion4 ,,apparatus3 #a ,picnic ,spot #a ,fire #a ,pipe ,,remarks3 ,they make very attractive flannel shirts nowadays4 ,,game ,,little ,,kid ,she watches you lazily while you souse the dishes in the lake and wipe them clumsily4 ,she feels rather guilty about it1 but at the beginning of the hike you have insisted on taking care of everything4 ,it is your party4 ,and it is a nice party1 too4 ,the moon is there1 and the air is warm1 and somewhere there is a flower that smells very sweet4 ,she closes her eyes and leans against the rock and feels happy4 ,knock the ashes out of your pipe and sit down by her1 taking her hand in yours4 8,swell night10 you say4 8,oh1 yes6 ,i'm having a good time40 8,so am ,i4 ,i've had a better time today than ,i can remember since ,i don't know when40 8,really80 she protests smiling4 8,how about that race at ,mackinac80 8,that was pretty good too4 ,only you weren't along4 ,it could have been perfect40 ,she laughs easily4 8,i'd have been in the way4 ,you've never tried telling me anything else before4 ,what's the matter with you tonight8 ,getting soft80 8,not much use of that1 is there80 ,you both chuckle4 8,you're too cagey4 ,i couldn't say anything nice to you even if ,i meant it4 ,you'd bite my head off40 8,sure60 ,push her in mock exasperation1 then take her hand again4 ,she is a little uneasy about it1 and leans over to tie her boot-lace more securely4 8,well1 it's all right with me10 say suddenly4 8,you know1 you're a pretty game kid40 8,oh1 ,i don't know4 ,i don't think so40 8,you sure are4 ,lots of people must have told you so before4 ,i like you4 ,do you know it80 8,glad you do10 she says4 8,i like you40 8,there1 that's just what ,i mean40 ,fill your pipe again4 8,saying it out1 frankly1 like that40 8,why shouldn't ,i1 if it's true80 8,well1 ,i don't really know why you shouldn't4 ,but most girls wouldn't4 ,you know how women are40 8,sure10 she says1 largely4 8,gee10 you cry4 8,the way you say that6 ,funny kid40 8,now1 what sounded funny about that80 8,oh1 ,i don't know4 ,it sounded so boyish4 ,you're just like a boy1 now that ,i think of it40 ,turn and smile at her4 8,thanks6 ,i always wanted to be a boy40 8,i'll bet you did4 ,gosh1 though1 ,i wouldn't if ,i were you40 8,why not80 8,girls have a much better time4 ,i wouldn't mind if someone had to buy my tickets and take me out to dinner once in a while40 ,she thinks about it for a minute1 poking the fire with the toe of her heavy boot4 8,i'm not sure10 she says slowly4 8,we pay for it1 in a way4 ,suppose you had to see as much of some of the idiots that we do8 ,you can just ask anyone you want2 we have to wait till we're asked40 8,yes1 that's so4 ,some of them are pretty bad1 ,i guess40 ,you laugh4 8,anyway1 ,i always thought some of your friends were1 but ,i never dared to say so4 ,what's the matter with 'em1 exactly80 8,they're so stupid60 she cries4 8,they think all a girl is good for is to paw4 ,they haven't any idea of real fun at all40 8,i know40 ,pat her arm comfortingly4 8,just grab you as soon they look at you1 don't they8 ,most men are like that1 ,i guess4 ,i don't understand it myself4 ,i'm no saint1 but ,i couldn't have anything to do with a girl unless ,i liked her4 ,do you understand80 8,of course10 she says1 flushing a little in excitement4 8,i feel that way exactly4 ,i'm so glad you do too4 ,i was beginning to think that men were just different4 ,most of them----0 8,sure4 ,honestly1 do they bother you so much80 ,you frown4 8,yes1 even me4 ,can you imagine8 ,me60 8,that just shows you4 ,if you'll pardon my being frank44440 8,of course40 8,i can't imagine anything like that1 with you40 8,certainly4 ,i know4 ,that's why we get along so well1 isn't it80 8,we are--friends1 aren't we80 8,sure60 ,squeeze her hand and puff at your pipe1 thinking deeply4 ,then sigh1 and say1 8,funny thing1 sex40 8,isn't it60 8,you know1 it's wonderful to be able to talk like this to a girl4 ,i couldn't if you were really a--a woman in my mind4 ,but ,i don't feel that way about you at all4 ,you're my friend4 ,you don't appeal to me that way40 ,she wonders vaguely if she likes that4 ,but she answers quickly4 8,thank you4 ,i know you mean it4 ,you know1 a friendship like that is valuable to me1 too4 ,i need it4 ,i used to think that no matter how much ,i tried1 it was just impossible to have a man for a real friend40 8,really8 ,then we're square1 because you mean a lot to me40 ,put your arm around her and look into the fire4 8,that's another thing10 she says1 thoughtfully4 8,that's another reason ,i wish ,i could be a man4 ,you have an awfully easy time with that sort of thing1 don't you80 8,what8 ,gosh1 no4 ,i don't see how anybody could think so40 8,really8 ,i always thought you did4 ,i don't know very much about it1 but----0 8,i'm glad you don't60 you growl with such fervor that she is surprised4 8,what's the matter8 ,you shouldn't care anything about what ,i do--like that4 ,not if we're friends the way you say40 8,well1 ,i'll tell you40 ,pull her closer to your shoulder4 8,i can't break away from a funny idea ,i have about you4 ,i want you to stay just as straight as you are4 ,it's a queer thing1 sex4 ,i don't want you spoiled4 ,that fine straightness of yours is so rare4 ,i guess ,i'm selfish to want anyone to live up to my ideals1 but ,i do want you to keep it40 ,give her a little hug4 ,she answers gravely4 8,yes1 ,i know4 ,i want to stay the way ,i am1 too4 ,i don't know how ,i really feel about it1 ,i guess1 but ,i do--,i mean1 ,i like myself now1 do you see8 ,it's awfully hard to express40 8,i know4 ,gee1 you're a peach1 kid4 ,i do like you40 8,thanks44440 ,kiss her softly on the cheek4 8,look60 she cries1 sitting up a little straighter4 8,there's a shooting star40 8,it's awfully nice4 ,come back here4 ,afraid of me80 8,of course not60 ,but she sits up4 8,you don't trust me80 8,don't6 ,of course ,i do40 8,then why act like that8 ,you'll hurt my feelings40 8,oh1 ,i didn't mean to60 ,she settles back against your shoulder4 ,kiss her on the mouth2 she struggles away4 8,what's the matter1 dear80 you murmur4 8,i thought you trusted me4 ,what's the matter80 8,why1 ,i didn't mean--,i do trust you4 ,only44440 ,she stops and looks away from you4 8,then what is it8 ,i don't understand4 ,do you mean you--you can't trust yourself8 ,i thought you were so sensible about these things40 8,of course ,i can4 ,i'm not a man60 8,no1 dear4 ,but you're a woman1 aren't you8 ,are you afraid1 really80 8,i'm not afraid4 ,i just didn't want to40 8,oh1 ,i'm sorry44440 8,i didn't mean ,i didn't want to40 8,just don't care80 8,not exactly that44440 ,laugh4 8,you're a darling4 ,i'm going to kiss you again4 ,that'll be all right80 8,sure1 ,i guess so40 8,you really liked it40 8,a little40 8,don't keep moving away like that6 ,i'll think you hate me4 ,you just said we were friends40 8,yes1 but44440 8,comfortable80 8,yes1 but44440 8,there now1 ,i won't bother you any more if you'll only show that you trust me4 ,darling60 ,the fire smolders1 unnoticed4 #ac4 ,,promise ,,me ,,you ,,won',t ,,type3 ,large1 clumsy1 good-hearted4 ,a shrewd business man1 whatever that means4 ,usually married4 ,,subject3 ,intelligent1 pretty little specimen of ,independent ,womanhood1 just beginning to question the desirability of a lifetime among the file cases4 ,,apparatus3 #a ,small ,apartment #b ,chairs #a ,batik ,drapery #b ,bed-,sofas #a ,japanese ,print #a ,indifferently ,good ,caricature in ,crayon4 ,,remarks3 ,somehow the sight of a man being paternal arouses in woman a protective instinct on her own part2 an indulgent affection compounded of amusement and gratitude4 ,,promise ,,me ,,you ,,won',t ,you are uncomfortable4 ,you are both sitting on one of the sofas1 but with a great difference of mien4 ,she is curled up among the cushions--she is a supple little thing1 and seems to be comfortable1 but you are leaning forward with your hands clasped between your knees1 which are rather ludicrously raised from the floor because the couch sags4 ,anyway1 it is never becoming to you to argue2 your face grows red and you look more clumsy than ever4 ,she is enjoying the new sensation of seeing you ill at ease1 and because of her4 ,in the office it is so often the other way around4 8,but ,i don't think it is good for you10 you are saying4 8,i don't see why40 8,it isn't good for anyone to be too much alone40 ,speak doggedly in the tone of one who has made the same remark at intervals all his life4 8,oh no10 she protests4 8,i think it depends a lot on the person4 ,i think everybody ought to have privacy4 ,i don't see how the people here do without it1 ,i really don't4 ,i have to keep my shades down all the time1 living in the basement like this4 ,even at that the girls are always coming in--a couple of people have keys40 8,what80 you cry4 ,she laughs4 8,just the girls1 silly40 ,you are somewhat confused and she feels abashed at having called you silly4 ,it sounds too intimate1 somehow4 ,move your feet uneasily and knit your brows in an effort to say tactfully just what you think4 8,i don't like it4 ,you need your rest4 ,it's all right for a while but pretty soon it'll react on you4 ,i don't understand you girls4 ,you don't use one of these studios for anything1 you're at the office all day anyway4 ,you don't even save so much money40 ,she laughs and then looks at you inquisitively4 8,really1 you're taking it awfully hard4 ,what's the matter8 ,what's worrying you80 8,i don't know4444 ,i just don't like it all40 8,i know10 she says1 teasingly4 8,you didn't like the dinner4 ,i know you didn't4 ,confess you didn't60 8,i'm not worrying about the dinner10 you say hastily4 8,i don't care much about what ,i eat2 it was only that the place didn't look clean4 ,you never eat their stew or anything like that1 do you80 ,she answers sarcastically1 8,it's terribly nice of you to worry so much about me44440 and you flush4 8,now1 don't talk like that4 ,please don't40 8,no1 honestly1 ,i mean it4 ,i wrote ,mother that she certainly wouldn't worry so much about me if she could hear how you're always lecturing me4 ,i'm so afraid you'll walk into the office some day when it's raining and bellow1 #8,miss ,merrill1 where are your rubbers8'0 ,this is better4 ,relax and laugh loudly4 8,better look out1 or ,i will60 ,in the relaxed atmosphere of the joke you suddenly find enough courage to lean over the necessary few inches and put a hand on her shoulder1 rubbing your cheek against hers for a second4 ,she is discomposed1 although it is not very surprising after all4 8,here60 she protests1 breathlessly4 8,stop that6 ,why did you do that80 8,sorry4 ,but ,i wanted to40 8,well44440 ,she is at a loss4 ,she giggles and says1 8,and besides1 you need a shave40 8,yeah4 ,sorry4444 ,another thing1 ,i think probably you don't have very good people hanging around here40 8,how can you tell8 ,you haven't met anyone but ,mary4 ,you said she has nice ankles40 8,did ,i80 you ask1 surprised4 8,maybe ,i did4 ,but ,i don't like women to cut their hair so short4 ,that's one of the things ,i like about you1 by the way4 ,you may be in business and all that1 but you haven't lost your femininity40 ,close your hand over hers where it lies on the cushion4 8,that's not a compliment these days40 ,shake your head violently4 8,don't kid yourself4 ,we really like the same type all the time1 we men4 ,you know1 you worry me a lot in the office40 8,really8 ,how80 8,well1 because----0 ,stop and knit your brows4 ,you are trying very hard to express yourself sincerely4 8,in the office you treat everybody so darned nice4444 ,i mean you're a great little mixer and it's fine for business1 but doesn't anyone ever misunderstand8 ,you know what ,i mean1 don't you80 ,she looks at you with a startled expression which changes to a hurt one4 ,she falters4 8,you mean ,i don't act--do ,i act too fast8 ,i'm awfully sorry4 ,i thought that----0 ,pat her hand furiously4 8,no1 no6 ,you act fine6 ,i didn't mean to criticize you at all1 but you know how men are4 ,listen here40 ,you raise her chin and look at her eyes searchingly4 8,if anybody tries to put anything over on you ,i want you to come and tell me about it4 ,i want to be a friend of yours40 8,thank you10 she says softly1 8,i consider you a friend now40 8,that's mighty nice of you4 ,it makes me feel fine4 ,you're such a decent kid1 and ,i don't think you know a thing about life40 8,oh10 she cries pettishly1 8there you go again6 ,i guess ,i can take care of myself60 8,yes1 but this is what worries me4 ,i don't like the idea of these long-haired kids filling your mind up with free love theories and all that4 ,you're an intelligent kid too1 and youngsters like you are sort of experimental40 8,but----0 8,wait a minute4 ,you don't know2 you can't tell now how you might feel one of these days4 ,it's dangerous1 this stuff4 ,you may not know it1 but we're a pretty rotten lot4 ,most men are out for what they can get40 8,i think that's horrid2 to be worrying like that all the time4 ,i don't want to have to be on my guard all the time40 8,of course you don't4 ,of course you don't40 8,and as for my being silly1 ,i think you ought to realize that ,i have a little common sense4 ,or even if you don't think so1 don't you think that ,i have some ideals80 8,that's the way ,i like to hear you talk4 ,maybe you think ,i'm being sort of nosey1 but ,i can't help worrying about you4 ,you're awfully sweet40 ,she has a fleeting moment of misgiving4 ,this isn't the way a boss ought to be talking4 ,but you are very kind to be so worried4444 8,yes10 she says1 flippantly1 8,if ,i were ,miss ,moser you wouldn't take so much trouble1 ,i guess40 8,well1 nobody's likely to bother her1 at her age4 ,i do want to keep an eye on you4 ,you don't look so efficient as you are2 a man's likely to forget what a swell little secretary you are when he looks at you4 ,here1 isn't this more comfortable80 ,put your arm under her head4 ,the room is very still and cozy4 8,listen40 8,what80 she says1 comfortably4 8,i want to ask you something40 8,what80 8,i want to ask you to promise me something40 8,well80 8,promise me that--that you won't let anyone44440 ,silence4 8,hm-m-m80 8,if you think that ,i need to promise----0 ,kiss her 7to silence her74 ,then--8,you know ,i don't mistrust you10 you say1 gruffly1 8but ,i get worried4 ,won't you promise80 8,sure10 she answers4 ,the silence of the room flows over you again1 and it too holds a promise4 #ad4 ,,ah1 ,,what ,,is ,,life8 ,,type3 ,middle-aged1 plump1 precious4 ,the kind of man who goes to teas and avoids unpleasant situations1 but does nothing else4 ,small white hands and shiny lips4 ,,subject3 ,ardent adolescent1 seventeen or so4 ,quick to find ,beauty in a poem or an automobile1 an eclair or a man4 ,,apparatus3 #a ,long low living room #d ,bookcases #bj ,ashtrays1 all different #a ,tea set ,,remarks3 ,before attempting this experiment1 read ,freud on the connection between artistic appreciation and the reproductive instinct4 ,this is an indirect method and calls for careful handling4 ,,ah1 ,,what ,,is ,,life8 8,but don't you think10 says ,cynthia1 8that as a rule we lose sight of that quality8 ,it's no use trying to cultivate a soul40 8,no10 you answer lazily1 wisely1 8,i should be distinctly annoyed with anyone who plucked my sleeve when ,i was busy1 no matter how many hyacinths he might wish to call to my attention4 ,no1 the true sense of beauty thrives only where it is not watched4 ,unfortunately it becomes self-conscious far too easily4 ,and then1 of course1 one becomes articulate 444 after he has lost his reason for speech4444 ,ah10 with a wistful little smile1 8,i'm mawkish today4 ,you mustn't start me off1 my dear4 ,look at the tender color on the sky and stop thinking4 ,i'll read to you4 ,something decadent4 ,here4 ,white clouds are in the sky4 ,blue shadows of the hills ,between us two must lie4 ,the road is rough and far4 ,deep fords between us are4 ,i pray you not to die40 ,she says nothing2 she does not even sigh4 ,she looks at you and waits4 8,ah1 youth1 youth6 ,the beautiful simplicity1 the terrible complexity of inexperience4 ,straight1 clean4444 ,i have lost the gift4 ,i cannot read that poetry4 ,give me the sophisticated2 the keen irony of ,eliot2 the ponderous exaltation of the negroes44440 8,of course10 she says1 in a rather chastened tone4 8,but ,i still like music in my poetry4 ,don't you still like the ,hymn to ,proserpine--or don't you remember8 #8,from too much love of living----'0 ,take it up and finish it smoothly1 with an indulgent smile but giving it full value and a dying fall4 8,i'll wager10 you say1 smiling1 8that you know every word of ,rupert ,brooke40 ,she blushes4 8,that isn't fair6 ,you know all about me60 8,it isn't hard10 you say4 8,i was so much like you at your age1 you see4 ,there1 ,i'll stop teasing4 ,let's talk about something else4 ,look at my greatest treasure1 down there in the corner of the bookshelf4 ,no1 not that4 ,that's a ,blake4 ,it's a nice little thing1 but you'll get yourself dusty4 ,there it is4 ,first edition4 ,did you ever see one before80 ,she is not sure which of the two volumes you are speaking of2 the ,beardsley ,salome or the new ,contes ,drolatique4 ,she is exquisitely careful and reverent with both of them2 opening one on her lap and looking at it for a minute4 ,she doesn't stay interested very long1 however4 ,she wants to listen4 8,just toys1 of course10 you say4 8,i'm ridiculously dependent on material things like that4 ,the more delicate the edifice the more firm the foundation1 ,i've decided4 ,no----0 as she starts to speak1 with an ardent gasp--8,i know you don't agree with me4 ,the tree of ,job and a savorless crust in the desert for you2 with a voluptuous purple sunset in piquant contrast44440 8,that's cruel of you60 she cries4 8,yes1 it is4 ,you mustn't be so sensitive4 ,i like to tease you2 then ,i'm always sorry4 ,i don't know why ,i do it4 ,yes ,i do4 ,it's really that ,i envy--bitterly--your ideal asceticism4 ,so you mustn't pay any attention to me4 ,i'm pink and old and plump and ,i don't know what ,i'm talking about4 ,go on home and call up your--,boy ,friend1 isn't that what you call him8 ,go on out and dance1 little pagan4 ,dance and stop worrying4 ,i'll worry for you4 ,i'll burn incense and think of you1 and pray for myself40 ,she ignores this nobly4 8,incense8 ,where do you burn it8 ,in front of that gold thing there80 8,thing8 ,my dear60 ,speak gravely4 8,tread softly3 he hates you enough already4 ,he is old and you are young3 he is only half divine1 and you44440 8,i do believe10 she giggles1 8that you're really afraid of him60 8,of course ,i am4 ,but ,i shall overthrow him soon1 out of my own strength4 ,i'm going to be a ,papist40 8,honestly80 8,yes1 it has the true aestheticism of aristocracy40 ,she sighs4 8,you say things so wonderfully4 ,you're absolutely continental40 8,dear child6 ,you shall have some tea for that4 ,my very special flower tea4 ,sit there so ,i can see you while ,i fix it4 ,no1 don't read that book4 ,it isn't for little girls40 ,she promptly begins to read it4 ,bring out the table and connect the little electric range for hot water4 ,the long shadowy room grows darker and outside the automobiles begin to turn on their lights4 8,there now10 you say4 8,take this1 if you like the cup40 8,oh1 isn't it lovely6 ,i think it's so nice that your cups are all different4 ,mother simply insists on having everything in sets1 even our books40 ,groan in agony1 and you smile at each other1 feeling cozy and superior4 ,she eats one piece of cinnamon toast and glances wistfully at another1 but decides against it4 8,we'll leave the things for ,maria in the morning10 you explain4 8,then it's perfect4 ,now where is that poem you were going to show me80 8,oh1 ,i can't10 she cries4 8,it's dreadful60 8,don't be silly1 please10 you beg4 8,all right4 ,i think you'd better read it yourself4 ,don't you hate to have people read your things80 ,miserably1 she pretends to look at a book while you read4 8,but this is lovely60 you cry4 8,here1 ,i'll read it aloud4 ,at night ,i close my window ,and through the glass ,i see ,dancing in the moonlight ,a silver tree4 ,i dream about it all night long1 ,but in the early dawn ,with dream and sleep and part of youth ,the tree is gone4 ,lovely6 ,it has a freshness1 a sincerity44440 8,oh1 honestly8 ,you're just saying it60 ,you answer severely1 8,i'm not speaking now as a friend1 my dear4 ,i'm speaking as a critic40 8,then could you tell me how to improve it80 she begs4 8,it needs--something40 ,you both think deeply4 8,m-m-m10 say in a judicial tone4 8,let's see4 ,one thing ,i'd do1 perhaps--but no4 ,perhaps ,i'd transpose the words in the penultimate line and then it would read #8sleep and dream' instead of #8dream and sleep4' ,otherwise the thing is perfect40 ,she nods vigorously4 8,yes1 you're very right4 ,i see it now4 ,thank you so much4 ,it's wonderful of you to bother40 8,bother8 ,it's no bother4 ,you don't realize--you can't realize what your youth does for me4 ,almost1 my dear1 almost ,i forget my figure and my horrible hair and--well1 never mind4 ,it doesn't matter4 ,what does anything matter in the clearness of your voice and the gladness of your face80 ,she sits very still as you pass your hand gently over her hair4 ,her shining eyes are fixed on something invisible that hovers in the room just over your head4 ,mystery1 or the answer to all mystery8 ,a new confidence1 a new belief1 are coming into her life4 ,it is like being kissed in a dream2 wondering a little1 but detached2 peaceful in an even exaltation4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the room grows darker and the swish of the motors make a faint pulsing music from the boulevard4 ,there comes an evening coolness4 ,she is thinking2 her cheeks are flushed4 ,the bright colors of the books on the shelf are smothered in darkness1 but you can see that her cheeks are flushed4 ,she has forgotten where she is1 who she is1 everything4 ,very softly1 taking elaborate care to avoid the tea-table1 go over to the door and lock it4 #ae4 ,a ,,man ,,my ,,age ,,type3 ,married1 more than forty-five1 discontented and not very attractive at first glance4 ,,subject3 ,warm-hearted but somewhat slow and heavy in her thought-processes4 ,has many women friends4 ,various men sometimes wonder why they didn't marry her when it was possible4 ,a good sport1 but very respectable4 ,,apparatus3 #a ,chesterfield divan1 very comfortable but dusty #a ,fireplace #a ,stack of ,wood #a ,fire1 roaring ,,remarks3 ,the married man has an advantage4 ,he has had training2 he is actually as one might say trained1 or tamed4 ,he is forbidden by law and thus he acquires glamour and romance4 ,a ,,man ,,my ,,age 8,i love this10 she says4 8,so do ,i10 you answer4 8,i'm sorry the place is so messy4 ,i didn't notice until you walked in4 ,that nigger never cleans up unless ,emma keeps after her4 ,i don't know what'll happen now40 8,well1 when ,emma gets back it'll be all right10 she says4 ,glance at her in some surprise4 8,but ,i thought you knew about that10 you protest4 8,emma isn't coming back1 you know40 8,no8 ,oh44440 ,she is fearfully embarrassed4 ,she feels a little angry4 8,of course ,i didn't know4 ,you didn't tell me4 ,how should ,i know80 8,but of course ,i thought---- ,why do you suppose she didn't tell you8 ,i thought you were the first one she told4 ,i'm so sorry4 ,i'd better----0 8,you'd better tell me about it10 says ,barbara4 8,she didn't really have a chance1 the last time ,i saw her4 ,my sister had lunch with us and went down to the station too40 8,sure1 that explains it4 ,why1 it was this way4 ,we went up to the cottage in ,june1 and she went to ,bedford after that4 ,we came to an agreement after we left the city2 ,i don't know just when4 ,it took a long time4 ,we changed our minds a lot40 8,i should think so10 she murmurs4 8,well10 you go on1 8it's been three months anyway1 off and on4 ,i guess we've just been really separated for a couple of weeks4 ,it seems longer because of that adjustment period4 ,she can do what she likes about the divorce2 ,i've left it up to her4 ,i told her to do what she thought best4 ,emma knows how to go about business and all that4 ,of course ,i'll agree to anything40 8,you mean you've definitely decided----0 ,her voice is incredulous4 8,nothing's definite4 ,but if you mean is it all over1 yes4 ,we agree on that1 absolutely4 ,are you really so surprised80 ,she thinks about it for a minute4 8,no10 she decides1 8not really4 ,i noticed something4 ,that night you had the party before we all went to the beach1 ,i knew there was something wrong4 ,but ,i had no idea4444 ,do you mind talking about it8 ,some people might40 ,shake your head and laugh4 8,certainly not4 ,it hasn't been particularly painful1 you see4 ,you're one of the family anyway4 ,why should ,i mind80 8,i'm glad you feel that way about it10 she says4 8,of course ,i'm frightfully interested40 8,then it wouldn't bore you80 8,no10 she says4 ,she maintains a reserved attitude2 politely interested4 ,sit back against the cushions and draw a deep breath4 8,i want to be fair to ,emma4 ,i guess the fault was on both sides4 ,i can't help remembering that after all1 it was my idea that we get married4 ,i remember it perfectly well3 ,i had to argue with her4 ,you mustn't think that ,i'm trying to whine about it40 ,smile at her rather sadly and whimsically4 8,ben1 you know ,i don't10 she cries4 8,i don't know4 ,naturally ,i feel a little defensive4 ,after all1 ,i suppose you're on her side4 ,i met you through her40 8,don't be silly4 ,i just want to hear the truth4 ,you're both my friends40 8,that's what ,i wanted you to say1 ,barbara40 ,the fire crackles comfortably4 8,well1 anyway1 there it is4 ,i don't know just how it happened4 ,my fault1 ,i suppose1 but ,i refuse to feel guilty4 ,i'm awful4 ,i keep wondering why in hell ,i wanted to get married4 ,i remember in a very vague and impersonal sort of way that she was pretty40 8,oh yes10 she says eagerly4 8,wasn't she pretty80 8,i don't know when all the trouble did start4 ,i can't even figure it out4 ,i don't know that ,i want to40 ,kick the flaming log4 8,i think ,i can understand10 she says slowly4 8,of course ,i'm trying to be impartial1 and ,emma's one of my best friends1 but ,i think that ,i do understand40 8,yes1 you would understand10 you answer4 8,there's one thing1 though1 that ,i'd like to tell you4 ,i mean this3 ,i do feel badly about it4 ,i may not act that way1 but ,i do4 ,it's been awfully hard on her4 ,don't think ,i haven't worried40 8,you know1 ,ben1 there's something ,i want to say40 ,she sits up and folds her hands4 8,go ahead40 8,well1 ,i haven't any right to say it1 but ,i'm going to4 ,i think that your trouble is1 you worry too much40 8,me8 ,worry8 ,barbara1 you're a nut60 8,i mean it4 ,you think too much for her and everybody else4 ,you pretend to be absolutely careless about everyone else1 but you aren't4 ,you can't get along like that2 it isn't nature4 ,it doesn't work out40 8,maybe40 ,frown at the fire4 8,maybe4 ,but what about her8 ,she can't face things alone1 you know4 ,i'm sorry if ,i'm talking too much1 but this is serious4 ,now we're started on a long subject4 ,she simply can't do it4 ,she isn't fitted for it4 ,you must know that4 ,you're an old friend of hers40 8,ben1 how long have you been worrying like this about other people80 8,you're asking me how old ,i am60 you cry in dismay4 8,it isn't polite of you4 ,i'm much too old for you to be wasting your time on my domestic troubles4 ,you'll have to be satisfied with that4 ,i won't tell you40 8,i know how old you are4 ,emma told me when you were married4 ,what's the matter with you8 ,you're not old40 ,get up and fix the fire to hide your pleasure4 8,you're a sweet girl1 ,barbara4 ,you've always been the only one of ,emma's friends ,i had any use for4 ,you're the only mutual friend we've ever had1 ,i may say40 8,thanks1 ,ben4 ,anyway ,i'm flattered that you've told me so much40 8,i wonder why ,i did4 ,there's something about you that makes people talk4 ,what is it80 8,is there80 8,i think it must be that you're so honest1 yourself4 ,how do you happen to be so honest80 8,why not8 ,most people are40 8,no they aren't4 ,most women aren't4 ,emma wasn't4 ,you knew that1 didn't you80 ,she considers it4 8,oh1 ,emma didn't lie40 8,not directly4 ,but ,emma was essentially feminine2 essentially evasive4 ,you aren't40 8,no10 she admits1 serenely4 ,the silence is becoming dangerous4 8,heavens60 she cries1 suddenly4 8,i had no idea it was so late4 ,i'll have to go40 8,wait until this log burns down10 you suggest4 8,you surely aren't in such a hurry as all that4 ,i'm afraid to be left alone4 ,you've no idea how lonely an old man can get in a few minutes40 ,she laughs4 8,well1 ,i'll wait for a little4 ,i hate to leave the fire4 ,i'm getting old1 too40 8,besides1 you're a very busy person and ,i haven't really seen you all year4 ,i think ,i've just realized how nice an evening like this could be4 ,i think ,i've been waiting for this for days1 without knowing it4 ,i feel much better1 really40 8,i'm so glad10 she says1 seriously4 8,i've been a little bit blue1 myself40 8,you80 ,incredulous4 8,i didn't know that you ever felt blue4 ,what on earth were you blue about80 8,oh1 ,i'm such a useless person4 ,i don't really do a damned thing4 ,i've been thinking all day about things4 ,and then when ,i see people like you and ,emma having your troubles too--you were two people that ,i always thought of as being fulfilled1 sort of4 ,now it seems to take away my last hope4 ,emma's my best friend1 in a way1 and now ,i find that you've both been very unhappy4 ,it just fits in with everything else40 8,you make me feel very guilty4 ,i didn't want to depress you4 ,i've been selfish40 8,oh1 ,i was depressed already6 ,no1 you made me feel a little better1 somehow40 8,my dear10 you say softly1 8,i do think you're taking it harder than ,i did4 ,you've been telling me that ,i am too sympathetic1 too40 8,well1 it isn't just sympathy1 perhaps10 she says4 8,i was applying everything to myself40 8,you think too much10 you advise4 8,stop thinking too hard about life4 ,it never does any good4 ,i know4 ,i've done it too40 ,she is silent1 and you begin again4 8,barbara10 taking her hand1 8,i want to give you some advice4 ,i'm a lot older than you are and ,i think we're something alike4 ,don't you80 8,well1 yes10 she says4 8,i have thought so40 8,there are things a lot more important than little married relationships such as ,emma's and mine4 ,it's those things that really fill our lives1 ,barbara4 ,for instance this talk ,i've had with you tonight means much more to me than any little love-affair4 ,don't you see what ,i mean801 8,yes1 ,i think so4 ,we are friends1 aren't we8 ,real friends40 8,that's it4 ,here we are talking about this and that1 and it's the most pleasant thing ,i've ever done4 ,it's been a quiet civilized sort of time4 ,not everyone is capable of such a relationship4 ,don't you think we're a little ahead of the rest of them80 ,she watches you and nods4 8,yes1 you're right40 ,pat her hand4 8,you're an adorable child4 ,the fire needs fixing4 ,just a minute40 8,oh1 ,ben60 she cries4 8,i have to go4 ,really4 ,don't fix it for me40 8,too late10 sitting down again4 8,it's caught already4 ,you'll have to wait a while longer40 ,she hesitates1 looking at her wrist watch4 8,i oughtn't40 8,just a minute1 dearest40 8,well1 all right40 ,she smiles at you4 ,catch your breath and then seize her in your arms4 8,oh ,barbara6 ,i do love you so1 much60 #af4 ,,gonna ,,be ,,nice8 ,,type3 ,city product1 bad complexion but quick brain4 ,too impetuous for steady success4 ,,subject3 ,very young1 very canny4 ,always hunts in pairs with others of her kind4 ,fond of chewing-gum and marcel waves4 ,,apparatus3 #a automobile1 touring type #a companion ,,remarks3 ,a very limited method4 ,there are many girls who would refuse to be subjects on such short notice under any circumstances whatever4 ,but for those who are at all willing to aid in the experiment1 this lesson should do as well as any4 ,,gonna ,,be ,,nice8 ,the crowds walk much more slowly on the streets in the evening4 ,they aren't going anywhere2 they haven't anything to do4 ,for the same reason1 perhaps1 the autos seem to loiter as they pass the people on the pavements4 ,they aren't going anywhere much4 ,they're open to suggestion4 ,two by two the people walk2 sometimes there are more2 hardly ever are there less4 ,large groups of young boys all too young to smoke2 all smoking4 ,little groups of girls looking in the shop windows4 ,two girls especially1 looking in the windows for lack of something better to do4 ,not exactly discontented1 not consciously bored4 ,just looking4 ,just walking4 ,among the cars is one that goes a little more slowly even than the rest4 ,it is a middle-aged ,dodge touring car with two boys in the front seat1 very much on the lookout4 ,they pass the two little girls and call out experimentally cheerful and more or less expectant of rebuff4 ,one of the girls looks oblivious and yet slightly more scornful1 but the other smiles a little4 ,on the chance of success1 the driver of the car goes around the block and passes them again4 ,as he disappears around the corner for the second time1 the scornful girl suddenly relaxes4 8,if they come back again1 let's10 she says4 8,sure10 says the other1 indulgently4 8,they look all right40 ,a third time you call to them1 and this time the girls stop walking and stand waiting as the car comes to a halt4 ,the boy who is not driving jumps out and opens the back door4 ,ruthie1 the scornful girl1 steps in while ,rosie gets into the front seat1 and the car speeds away4 ,it has not taken a moment4 8,well1 where to80 you call from the back seat4 8,i don't care10 answers ,bill4 8,what do you say80 he adds1 turning to ,rosie4 8,got any favorite drives80 8,no10 says ,rosie1 8,i don't know much about the roads4 ,what do you say1 ,ruthie80 8,ruthie4 ,it's a nice name10 you say1 and put your arm around the owner of it4 ,she does not cuddle down1 but sits up more swiftly than before4 8,why10 she says1 with a surprising decision1 8the ,jamestown road is pretty good as far as the fence with the vine on it4 ,when you get that far you better turn back40 ,bill turns the car toward the ,jamestown road and settles down to driving1 while ,rosie curls up in the other corner of the seat and watches him4 ,they both wait for the other one to start talking4 ,at last---- 8,gee10 she says admiringly1 8you sure go fast4 ,you ought to be careful in the city4 ,i got a cousin who was pinched yesterday40 8,yeah8 ,never mind2 ,i know the cop on this road4 ,it ain't so much the speed1 it's what they call reckless driving they pinch you for4 ,if a fellow knows his business you can be pretty sure they leave him alone4 ,they don't care for no speed limits40 8,i guess you're right10 says ,rosie4 99 99 99 99 99 8,why not80 you ask4 8,you don't have to hit me in the ,adam's apple1 neither40 ,ruthie does not answer1 but looks out of the car with unmitigated scorn4 ,pull your arm away from her shoulder and sulk4 ,the car bowls merrily over the rough road until it reaches the fence with the vines1 and it shows no signs of slowing up4 ,rosie does not seem to notice1 but ,ruthie calls promptly from the back seat3 8,it's time to turn back40 8,oh1 yeah10 says ,bill over his shoulder4 ,he stops the car1 pulls on the brake1 and in a very business-like manner he puts his arm around ,rosie and slumps down in the seat to a position where he can watch the sky without craning his neck4 ,ruthie waits a minute uncertainly1 then turns away from you and stares with dignity at the fence and the field beyond it4 ,in the front seat the couple manage to find a comfortable position as close together as possible4 ,you glance at them1 then back at your own girl4 8,what you so crabby about80 you ask1 aggrieved4 8,i ain't pulled any rough stuff4 ,what do you think ,i am8 ,you don't have to be afraid40 8,well1 what do you think ,i am80 she demands4 8,you guys think that just because a girl comes for a ride44440 8,oh1 can it10 wearily4 8,of course ,i don't40 8,well44440 she says1 as you pull her over to him1 8,it really is getting sort of late40 8,it's early10 you say4 ,she shakes her head1 looking very uncomfortable hunched up against your shoulder4 ,she suffers it for a while1 but her mind is elsewhere4 8,we have to go back10 she suddenly announces4 8,right away4 ,rosie1 we have to go back40 8,yeah1 that's right10 ,rosie assents1 cheerfully4 ,it all seems to be the same to ,rosie4 8,we gotta go1 ,bill40 8,oh1 wait a minute1 can't you80 you say1 exasperated4 8,it isn't late at all40 ,adamant1 your girl shakes her head and looks expectantly at the driver4 ,you and ,bill glance at each other and raise your eyebrows4 8,you wait a minute10 you say1 meaningly1 and ,bill obligingly turns back and looks at the scenery in front of the car4 8,now listen10 you say4 8,you're a long ways from home40 8,yeah80 says ,ruth1 calmly4 8,yep4 ,see8 ,well1 are you gonna be nice80 ,she compresses her lips4 8,you bet ,i'm gonna be nice1 big boy4 ,come on1 ,rosie10 and she opens the door of the car and steps out to the road4 ,rose hesitates1 looking inquiringly at ,bill4 ,she reaches tentatively for the door-catch4 ,ruthie stamps her foot4 8,come ,,on1 ,rosie4 ,you ain't got any sense at all40 ,rose hesitates no longer1 but steps hastily out of her seat4 8,wait a minute10 you call together1 as your respective maidens start down the road toward town4 8,we were only kidding10 says ,bill4 8,come on back40 8,all right10 assents ,rosie1 joyfully and with obvious relief1 and she climbs back to her place4 ,ruth follows more slowly4 ,nor does she deign to look at you until you are back in the city street where you met4 8,now where80 calls ,bill4 8,want some chop suey80 8,we want to get out just where we got in10 she answers with chilly sweetness4 ,as the car stops--8,come on1 ,rosie10 she says4 ,and as ,rose trots faithfully after her1 with only one wistful backward glance---- 8,nice ride10 she adds1 over her shoulder4 ,you and ,bill look at each other4 8,you weren't so smart10 says ,bill4 #ag4 ,,life ,,is ,,short ,,type3 ,philosophical and attractive4 ,really sincere in his ideas2 somewhat the missionary type but better looking4 ,,subject3 ,almost any girl without too much mentality4 ,pretty and rather spoiled because of it4 ,,apparatus3 #a ,canoe ,,remarks3 ,this lesson was an old one when ,herrick counseled his young friends to gather rosebuds while it was still possible4 ,,life ,,is ,,short 7,they are in a canoe1 and the sun has just set1 leaving behind it streaks of fading pink in the sky and on the water4 ,it is spring1 and the woods in the distance are losing their starkness4 ,there is no breeze2 the air is full of a premature languor that is not quite warmth4 ,she lies half-prone1 with her hand trailing in the lake2 and he paddles slowly1 watching her most of the time47 ,she3 ,ooh1 the water's terribly cold4 ,have you gone swimming this spring8 ,you3 ,went in last week4 ,but ,i was sorry4 ,it's colder than it looks from the diving-board4 ,i was awfully surprised--it's such a shock4 ,she3 ,i wanted to try it today1 it looked so warm4 ,but ,i guess ,i'll wait a while4 ,last year1 all summer1 we just lived in our suits4 ,my suit was never dry4 ,don't you love to swim8 ,it's my favorite exercise4 ,you3 ,i think ,i like sailing better4 ,it's so fast4 ,she3 ,then you ought to like ice-boating4 ,it's much faster4 ,you3 ,no4 ,it's too noisy4 ,fast things ought to be quiet4 ,that's the trouble with flying in a machine4 ,it isn't really flying unless you have wings4 ,that must be the best feeling in the world4 ,flying in a storm4444 ,she3 ,i wouldn't want the storm4 ,i haven't that much pep4 ,swimming's nice because you can lie around so much4 ,you3 ,you're a lazy little thing1 aren't you8 ,she3 ,that's what they say at home4 ,you3 ,i like it4 ,i hate these girls who are always trying to be better than you are in everything4 ,they're usually funny-looking1 too4 ,if they were pretty they wouldn't worry so much about beating people4 ,she3 ,you have such old-fashioned ideas4 ,well1 ,i guess you're right4 ,i like to be waited on4 ,people do things for me4 ,i like it4444 ,oh1 look at that cloud4 ,it's getting rougher than it was--,we must be drifting out4 ,you3 ,yes1 it goes faster than you'd think4 ,there's a little wind blowing up4 7,starts paddling fast47 ,she3 ,going anywhere8 ,you3 ,well1 ,i know a place that is pretty sheltered4 ,say1 ,i'm getting cold up here4 ,do you mind if ,i get down there with you8 ,she3 ,no1 that's all right4 7,you start to step over the intervening bar1 and the canoe sways dangerously4 ,she screams loudly47 ,she3 ,look ,,out6 ,you're tipping us6 ,you3 7,laughing and settling down next to her7 ,gosh1 what a funny squeal6 ,i never tip canoes3 don't you know that8 ,have a cigarette4 ,she3 ,thanks4 ,the lake looks pretty1 doesn't it8 ,just in this light4 ,you3 ,did you ever notice1 it's never the same4 ,look at that boat way over there4 ,she3 ,it looks so little4 ,you3 ,it's funny4 ,this is a little lake1 but that boat looks tiny on it just the same4 ,she3 7,uncomprehending7 ,yes4 ,you3 ,i mean we're really awfully small when you think about things4 ,stars and things4 ,look at that star there---- ,she3 ,first one6 ,i'll wish on it4 7,she closes her eyes47 ,you3 ,it's a little bit of a star1 but ,i wonder what it thinks about us4 ,probably it doesn't even know you're wishing on it4 ,just think1 it can't even see us4 ,just a little spot of light4 ,she3 ,i don't like to feel that way4 ,i want to be seen4 ,you3 ,i think it's a good feeling to know that ,i don't matter so much4 ,i always remember it when ,i'm worried about an exam4 ,it's a bad habit1 though1 because if you start remembering it too soon you don't even bother to study4 ,she3 ,i shouldn't think anybody would4 ,i never feel that way unless ,i need sleep4 ,i hate it2 feeling that way4 ,you3 ,you're too practical4 ,i think ,i have more fun my way4 7,smile at her and flick your cigarette into the water47 ,she3 ,i don't see that4 ,i don't worry1 anyway4 ,you3 ,no1 but look4 ,you take exams seriously and spend all your time studying or fixing clothes or something4 ,something really important4 ,don't you8 ,she3 ,yes4 ,only the thing ,i worry about most is dancing4 ,that's important too4 ,you3 ,well1 look at it my way4 ,look how long the world has been going on without me and my exams4 ,look how long it will go on1 probably1 after ,i'm dead4 ,look how short life is anyway4 ,she3 ,yes4444 ,you3 ,well1 ,i just do what ,i like4 ,studying isn't one of those things1 see8 ,nobody really likes to study4 ,she3 ,i do4 ,you3 ,no you don't4 ,you don't really like to keep your stockings mended1 or your hair curled4 ,you just like the feeling afterwards that you did what you should have done4 ,isn't it true8 ,well1 then1 if someone hadn't taught you to like that feeling you wouldn't be doing those things4 ,now1 the things ,i like1 ,i wasn't taught4 ,i like to eat4 ,nobody ever had to tell me to do that4 ,i like to sleep1 and swim1 and sail1 and kiss girls1 just because it's fun4 ,itself4 ,no reason for it1 except that if ,i keep on this way ,i can go on doing these things and having fun until ,i die4 ,i won't want to die1 then4 ,she3 ,well1 ,i think you're the lazy one4 ,where would we all be8444 ,you3 ,i don't know1 but wherever it was we'd probably like it just as well4 7,lean over suddenly and kiss her47 ,she3 ,don't do that6 ,you3 ,why not8 7,kiss her again47 ,she3 ,stop4 ,why should ,i8 ,you3 ,there you go again1 asking questions4 ,why8 ,because it's fun4 ,she3 ,i don't think it's so much fun4 ,you3 ,you haven't really tried4 ,give me a chance4 7,kiss her again47 ,now what do you think of it8 ,she3 ,not very much4 ,let's go on talking instead4 ,you3 ,that's queer4 ,you always tell me ,i talk too much4 ,i think you don't mind this so much as you say4 ,she3 ,you want to think so4 ,i just don't see why it's so wonderful4 ,i couldn't possibly rave the way you do1 that's all4 ,you3 ,i don't rave4 ,it's because ,i know what ,i'm talking about and you don't4 ,she3 ,you have a lot of nerve4 ,you3 ,well1 you can see for yourself that you're no judge4 ,you don't know anything about it4 ,you said so yourself4 ,and besides1 if you're going to do so much talking about it you're wasting time until you know something4 ,she3 ,it's no use trying to argue with you1 is it8 ,i'm going home4 ,you3 ,now you're just running away because you lost the argument4 ,it isn't my fault4 ,you said you wanted me to talk4 ,all right2 ,i'll stop talking4 7,kiss her47 ,she3 ,no1 ,i didn't mean that4 ,stop4 ,please stop4 ,you3 ,no1 ,i won't4 ,you need convincing4 ,she3 ,but4444 ,you3 ,you mustn't talk for five minutes4 ,that's reasonable1 isn't it8 ,five minutes6 ,she3 ,all right4 7,seven minutes elapse47 ,the five minutes must be up4 ,you3 ,what did you say8 ,she3 ,the five minutes are over4 ,you3 ,what of it8 ,what's five minutes when the whole evening will be over in a short time8 ,all of the evenings will be over some day4 ,and you're quarreling about five minutes4 ,oh1 stop talking6 ,she3 ,but4444 ,oh1 all right4 #ah4 ,i',d ,,have ,,said ,,you ,,were ,,from ,,new ,,york ,,type3 ,traveling salesman1 always just a little lonely and overjoyed at a chance to talk or make any human contact whatever4 ,,subject3 ,inexperienced traveller in a state of high excitement and anticipation4 ,at a rare stage of impressionability4 ,,apparatus3 #a ,pullman car ,,remarks3 ,this method is extremely specialized1 suited only to travelers4 ,on terra firma both protagonists are different people entirely1 who would be scandalized at actions which seem perfectly plausible on the train4 ,i',d ,,have ,,said ,,you ,,were ,,from ,,new ,,york ,there's really nothing else to do on train journeys4 ,reading on the train gives you a headache2 after three hours scenery should never have been invented4 ,and as for that green plush4444 ,if you have an acquaintance on the train and talk yourself out with him you will never want to see him again4444 ,bridge8 ,but that is our story4 ,sometimes on trains or boats there are signs like this3 8,beware the ,professional ,gambler2 ,he is ,smarter ,than ,you40 ,this is romantic4 ,but it is not the type of romance which appeals to most young women1 and as a rule they ignore the signs and play bridge4 ,on the chance that you do not know your ,dreiser1 ,i shall attempt to describe the requisite technique4 ,carrie is sitting forlornly in her chair in the ,pullman1 with a closed ,red ,book in her lap4 ,sunk in the crack of the chair is a discarded ,college ,comics4 ,she doesn't want to buy another magazine2 she wishes the man with the cap would stop bothering her with ,eskimo ,pies and perfume1 and bananas and paper-backed novels4 ,the train smells sooty4 ,large hard balls of soot keep falling into her lap4 ,outside the window is the same yellowed field that she has been watching all day4 ,it twists and presents various corners to the passing train1 but it's the same field just the same1 with the same wheat lining up into orderly ranks that fall apart into chaos as the train passes on4 ,twenty more hours and nothing left to think about4444 ,you walk down the aisle1 staggering as the train sways4 ,she looks at you idly4 ,you are tall and skinny1 and when she sees that you are beginning to get bald1 she loses interest4 ,at the same time you see her4 ,you have been looking for her ever since she passed through the club car on her way from lunch3 you like them small and blonde and young when there are no tall and blonde and snappy ones4 ,stop by her chair and smile at her4 8,would you like to join a party at bridge1 if ,i can start a game80 you ask4 ,her first impulse is to refuse2 not from caution1 but from inertia4 ,it's the same feeling that made her turn down the man with the cap on his last journey when she really wanted a bar of ,hershey's4 ,but as she shakes her head she changes her mind4 ,bridge6 ,something to do6 8,why--yes1 ,i guess so40 ,and she giggles a little1 from shyness4 8,good6 ,i'll get someone else and be back in a minute40 ,but you return with bad tidings4 ,everyone else is already playing4 8,i guess we got the idea too late10 you announce1 sitting down in the next seat4 8,i wish ,i'd thought of it before4 ,there was an old fellow in the back that asked me this morning1 but he was getting off at ,chicago4 ,isn't that where you got on8 ,how far are you going80 8,colorado4 ,i'm going to get off this train at ,la ,junta40 ,whistle4 8,you have pretty near as long a ride as ,i have4 ,i go clear across4 ,tiresome1 isn't it8 ,i ought to be used to it1 but ,i never am1 somehow40 8,what do you do80 8,furniture4 ,wholesale furniture4 ,i'm traveling for a firm in ,tucson2 ,robinson and ,company4 ,have you ever been there80 8,oh1 no2 this is my first trip ,west40 8,it's a nice town1 but hot right now4 ,i'm lucky to be away4 ,just had a letter from my--my sister and she says the heat is unbearable4 ,unbearable40 ,she murmurs sympathetically and looks back at the wheat1 while you remember that at times you talk too much about yourself4 ,ah1 well then4444 8,if it isn't too personal--what part of the country do you hail from80 8,illinois4 ,darien4 ,it's just a little town4 ,i'm going out to ,colorado to visit and maybe ,i'm going to stay4 ,if ,i can get a job teaching and if ,i like the country1 ,i mean40 8,really8 ,now1 ,i'd have said you were from ,new ,york40 ,there is a pleased little silence4 8,why1 what a funny idea4 ,why should you think ,i'm from ,new ,york80 8,oh1 ,i don't know4 ,a man in my business gets so he can spot people pretty quickly1 and he can't exactly tell how1 nine times out of ten40 8,kind of second nature80 8,yes1 second nature4 ,i don't know just why ,i did think you were from ,new ,york4 ,your clothes1 or perhaps the way you talk4 ,or the way you know how to take care of yourself40 8,how can you tell anything about that80 8,oh1 that's easy4 ,a man can always tell4 ,you can take care of yourself40 ,she blushes and remembers that she is all alone on this train4 8,well10 slightly raising your voice1 8,i do like ,new ,york4 ,it looks pretty good when you've been out in the sticks for a couple of months40 8,i'll bet it does40 8,yes1 there's no place like ,new ,york for shows4 ,i wouldn't like to live there1 but it's a good place to visit4 ,my--my mother used to live there1 and ,i never could see how she stood it as long as she did40 ,she answers with animation4 8,oh1 but the little towns get so dull6 ,there just isn't anything to do out in the country40 8,nothing to do8 ,why1 gee1 what's the matter with fishing8 ,two weeks a year isn't enough fishing for me60 8,but of course you're a man40 8,sure1 that's right4 ,a man feels different4 ,i admit ,i don't understand women1 and ,i bet ,i'm as bright as the next one4 ,there's not a man alive can understand a woman40 8,well1 maybe you're right40 8,isn't it time to eat8 ,let's go on in and see4 ,will you have dinner with me80 8,why--,i don't know----0 8,what's the harm80 ,no nice girl will admit the possibility of harm4 ,she ignores your remark1 therefore1 by rising and starting for the dining car4 ,it is seven cars away1 and some of the long passages are difficult to manage without staggering from side to side4 ,hold her elbow in a firm grasp1 squeezing it as she stumbles against you1 and laugh a good deal4 ,you are much better friends when you reach the diner4 ,she looks out of the window at the sweeping darkness and you watch her and she knows it4 ,the speed of the train and the feeling of not belonging anywhere are very exciting4 ,what will ,colorado be like8 ,what is it all about anyway8 ,no one in the train is a real person2 they are all simply part of an adventure1 like the armies and mobs in the background of a moving picture4 ,even the man across the table--isn't he simply part of it too8 ,the most exciting part8 ,a personification of the whole thing1 the whole waiting world4444 ,i'd have said you were from ,new ,york4444 ,you can take care of yourself4444 ,i certainly can4444 ,she smiles at you suddenly1 defiantly1 gayly4 8,what were you thinking about80 8,oh1 ,i don't know4 ,the future1 ,i guess40 8,i thought so4 ,let's drink to it40 ,hold up your water glass4 8,to your future1 and may it include me40 ,she laughs again1 recklessly4 ,lean over the table4 8,will it1 kid8 ,will it80 8,oh----how do ,i know8 ,i'm no fortune teller40 ,again she turns to the window4 ,there are no fields to be seen now1 but the stars look very large4 ,stars and darkness and the train going somewhere--somewhere--somewhere4 ,and that man looking at her and appreciating all her expressions and knowing that he doesn't understand her2 wondering about her4444 8,now what are you thinking about80 ,but she'll never tell you4 ,you'll always wonder about the girl you met on the train for a few minutes4 ,ships that pass in the night4 ,it's exciting to be going somewhere4 ,she doesn't want any more ice cream4 ,go back to her chair and when someone asks you to play bridge refuse without even consulting her4 ,no matter4 ,stare out of the window4 8,you know1 it's a funny thing4 ,this has been a much better day than ,i expected40 8,how do you mean80 8,oh1 you know4 ,i thought it would be just the same4 ,you can imagine1 riding on trains day in1 day out40 8,yes1 ,i can imagine40 8,i'm glad you got on at ,chicago1 that's all4 ,you won't be sore at me for saying so8 ,i've got to say what ,i think1 to you40 ,she can feel just how it must be4 ,your profile looks so tired4 ,turn to her suddenly4 8,i'm talking like a crazy person4 ,do you think ,i'm crazy80 8,of course ,i don't40 ,settle back again4 8,good4 ,i'm not really1 but ,i guess most people would think so40 8,why should they80 8,talking like this to a girl ,i just met on the train40 8,talking like what8 ,you haven't said anything40 ,she is really bewildered4 8,haven't ,i80 ,look at her again1 quickly4 8,you know1 that's a queer thing4 ,i thought ,i had4 ,i thought ,i'd said lots of things4 ,do you ever have that feeling80 8,oh--that4 ,yes40 8,well1 ,i know what ,i'm going to say1 right now4 ,you'll probably be mad at me40 8,what is it80 8,i think you're a darned good sport40 8,why8 ,you don't know4 ,you don't know anything about me at all40 8,sure ,i do4 ,i'm not dumb4 ,i've been watching you all day and ,i guess ,i can tell as well as the next one4 ,do you know what ,i think about you80 8,how should ,i80 8,i think probably you're awfully nice40 ,put your hand over hers4 8,i know you are4 ,you're all excited1 aren't you80 8,what makes you say that80 8,you're shaking4 ,what's the matter8 ,scared of me80 ,your hand tightens4 8,oh1 no40 ,she is annoyed with herself4 ,it's hard on the nerves1 sitting in a train all day4 ,almost time to go to bed1 she thinks--the porter has started at the other end of the car2 his head is immersed in the upper berth in the corner4 8,it's getting late10 you say1 understanding her4 ,she nods and thinks with a new terror of arriving in a strange town4 ,nervous4 8,i'm sorry10 you add4 ,there is another silence4 ,some perverse shyness keeps her from saying anything4 ,it is almost as if1 against her own will1 she waits for something fateful4 ,but say no more4 ,pat her hand and settle back1 looking up at the top of the car4 ,slowly1 followed by a mysterious growth of little green cabins1 the porter approaches you1 slamming down chair-covers1 manipulating linen4 ,sit up with a new briskness4 8,i'm going to the smoker10 you announce4 8,but listen1 ,i'm not going to say good-bye40 ,she looks at you and waits4 ,her tongue won't move2 is it curiosity8 ,nervous4444 8,i'm coming in to say good-night10 say1 your eyes fixed on hers4 8,i have a book to lend you4 ,so long40 ,rise1 and then put your hand over hers again4 ,she simply stares at you4 8,you're a nice kid10 you observe1 and walk away4 ,slowly she stands and picks up her suitcase as the porter reaches her chair in his constructive progress4 ,slowly she walks down the aisle to the ,ladies' ,room4 ,a sudden flush of thought as she gets there--she drops the bag and looks into the mirror1 horror-stricken4 ,why didn't she say something8 ,what should she do now8 ,then as she thinks1 she feels better4 ,he's simply coming to say good-night4 ,sure1 he'll probably try to kiss her1 but--oh1 well1 stop thinking4 ,just the same she'll wear her dressing gown to bed2 no use giving him ideas4 ,everything seems so different on a train2 if it would stop making a noise and let you think straight4444 ,ships that pass in the night4 ,what's the difference8 #ai4 ,,she ,,loved ,,me ,,for ,,the ,,dangers ,,type3 ,restless wanderer1 appearing at intervals of four or six years to sit on the hearthstones of his old college friends and look wistful4 ,at the slightest chance of attaining a hearthstone of his own he dives back into the wilderness4 ,,subject3 ,any co-ed ,,apparatus3 #a ,automobile #a ,head of gray hair1 above one of these never fading bronzed faces4 #a ,precise accent4 ,,remarks3 ,the advanced student will favor this method1 since it transcends the makeshifts and awkwardness of all other human experiments and utilizes a policy which has heretofore been monopolized by divinity 7see ,introduction74 ,here the student seduces by means of imagination4 ,it is the culmination of our efforts2 the ultimate degree of subtlety4 ,,she ,,loved ,,me ,,for ,,the ,,dangers ,it is a dull afternoon in the sorority house and ,dorothy is trying to make up her mind to study2 but she isn't having much success4 ,in fact1 the idea is so unattractive that she doesn't waste more than half a minute trying4 ,everybody has gone to the last game of the season across the river1 and ,dot didn't go because she has used up all her week-ends4 ,oh1 well 444 ,sunday afternoon and five hours before her date4 ,nothing left to read4 ,washed her hair yesterday--you mustn't do that more than once a week4 ,manicured her nails before lunch4 ,plucked her eyebrows1 darned her stockings--oh1 bother ,sunday afternoon4 ,and there is a theme due on ,tuesday1 but that's a long time and anyway you write better themes at the last minute4 ,oh1 glory1 there's the phone4 ,what if just once it could be someone unexpected8 8,miss ,dormer8 ,this is ,donald ,banks1 from ,los ,angeles4 ,i have a letter for you from ,genevieve ,reed4 ,when ,i left ,i mentioned that ,i might be coming through here and she thought----0 8,why1 any friend of ,jen's--why1 of course4 ,can't you come over80 8,i'd very much like to4 ,when would it be convenient80 8,any time this afternoon4 ,i think ,i'm busy tonight1 but if you'd like to come over now or pretty soon it would be all right40 ,well6 ,oh1 well1 he'll probably be a mess4 ,jen never mentioned him4 ,haven't heard from ,jen lately1 though4 ,it wouldn't be like her to send up a wet smack4 ,no1 you aren't a wet smack at first glance1 anyway4 ,interesting looking4 ,lean and distinguished2 something like ,lewis ,stone1 if not quite so tall4 ,how funny of you to think that the sitting-room is really a place to sit--surely no one else spent all afternoon on that horse-hair sofa since the ,dean of ,women was a pup4 ,if you were one of the boys you'd know enough to suggest going out4 ,but it is rather fun at that4 8,oh1 you mustn't think10 she protests1 8that you have to go just because it's so quiet4 ,we're allowed to have visitors indefinitely on ,sunday40 ,laugh4 8,you're tired1 though4 ,i remember ,sunday afternoon at school from my own experience4 ,thank you1 and--,i may see you quite soon again8 ,not only1 ,i assure you1 because my time in your city is so limited40 ,ooo1 what a funny way to talk6 8,certainly40 ,it is queer1 how hard it is to keep from getting an accent like that too1 while she talks to him4 8,yes1 ,i'd like to see you again before you leave4 ,it doesn't happen to be a very--busy time for me just now40 8,how fortunate6 ,i don't want to interfere with your studies4 ,can't we have dinner this evening80 8,oh--why--yes1 thank you1 ,i'd like to4 ,at six-thirty8 ,good-bye40 ,oh1 well1 ,tom ought to excuse her for an out-of-town friend4 ,that is perfectly legitimate4 8,hello4 ,alpha ,belt house8 ,is that ,tom8 ,well1 listen1 ,tom8 ,i hope you won't be perfectly furious because ,i really can't help it1 but it's this way----0 99 99 99 99 99 ,a co-ed is a well-protected person1 in spite of what may be read in the newspapers about her freedom4 ,she is so hemmed in by public opinion--not the opinion of the outside world1 but that of her own public1 the campus--that it is with a distinct sense of guilt that she associates with anyone so foreign as an out-of-town visitor1 be his appearance ever so distinguished4 ,not that ,dorothy isn't thrilled as well as apprehensive4 ,if she dared1 she would even have dined in the roseate and familiar publicity of ,ye ,kandy ,shoppe1 stared at by her friends and causing a poorly concealed flurry of gossip4 ,but you would be puzzled by ,ye ,kandy ,shoppe1 and perhaps dissatisfied with the food4 ,that is why you proceed solemnly through the menu of the ,imperial ,hotel ,dining-room1 sherbet-on-the-side and all1 surrounded by the younger married set of the town1 with an occasional drummer or a professor's party4 8,well1 yes1 ,i see that you know ,genevieve quite well10 you are saying4 8,much better than ,i do4 ,it's perhaps the only fault that ,i can find with my work--the lack of real social contact4 ,going and coming as ,i do1 ,i must resign myself to being the picturesque figure2 oft forgotten4 ,interesting1 perhaps1 but so occasionally60 ,smile4 8,but doesn't your work keep you in one place at a time pretty much80 asks ,dorothy4 8,i thought it took at least six years at a time to build bridges4 ,surely there are people there--in ,abyssinia1 or wherever you're going next80 8,people8 ,my dear child1 you've been going to the movies4 ,the natives are really dark--much more so than you seem to suspect4 ,of course once in a while you do find people1 and if they are people at all1 you understand1 they mean much more to you than they would here1 at home4 ,that mode of life has given me a distressingly intense way of taking my friends1 ,i find4 ,you children with your great circles of acquaintances wouldn't understand my attitude40 8,i might10 she says1 eagerly4 8,once ,i spent a summer camping--in ,maine--with just three other people1 and ,i certainly was glad to get back to town4 ,i was so sick of them60 8,yes1 that might give you some idea of it4 ,but don't misunderstand me4 ,i wouldn't give it up for anything4 ,after all in the face of certain things1 what do people matter8 ,i give you my word--0 here your face grows intent as you finger a fork2 you seem to have forgotten ,dorothy and the dining-room 8--a man gets pretty close to the fundamental reason for things1 out there4 ,so close that he is perilously near to discovery4 ,what keeps him from going farther8 ,sometimes he goes too far4 ,sometimes a boy is sent back home just for going too far--for discovering1 or thinking he has discovered4444 ,fever8 ,insanity8 ,truth80 ,dorothy shivers4 ,the tawdry dining-room is forgotten in dark imaginings4 ,slimy twisted vegetation1 slow streams of oily water1 houses built on stilts1 lifted from the swamp4444 ,or the monotonous sun of the desert2 the undulating1 glaring floor of sand with one heroic little clump of tents4444 8,would you care to dance80 ,you have come out of it4 ,she smiles1 rather late1 and nods4 ,you dance the way they do in those places in ,europe1 she thinks--slow and romantic1 not hopping all over1 like ,tom4 8,when do you start back again80 8,well1 ,i'm not sure4 ,i won't know until ,i get back to ,new ,york4 ,they keep these things quiet1 of course--international policy1 ,i might say40 ,for the first time1 your smile is for her2 a personal thing4 8,i have a very definite regret that my visit is so short4 ,it's an unaccustomed feeling4 ,the last time ,i saw civilization--let's see1 it must have been four years ago--,i was positively glad to go back4 ,where do they keep you young girls8 ,are you always at school8 ,ah1 well--thank education for our salvation60 ,it is difficult to imagine you at a movie1 she thinks4 ,you go1 however1 and sit through a news weekly1 a very old domestic comedy1 at which you laugh quite surprisingly hard1 and half a problem picture before you give it up4 8,i say10 you suddenly announce1 8stupid of me not to have thought of it before4 ,simply driving somewhere would be better than this4 ,or have you a rule about cars and that sort of thing80 8,i suppose we must have1 but no one ever pays any attention to it40 ,you must drive a good way before the ,sunday traffic is at last left behind4 8,you drive well for not being used to the city10 she ventures4 8,it's good fun10 you explain4 8,much more dangerous than the life out there4 ,and you mean to say that you do a lot of driving8 ,in streets like those in town8 ,brave girl60 ,safe from the eyes of any university official1 she takes a cigarette4 ,your silence and proximity are very thrilling2 there will be a lot to tell the room mate when she gets back4 ,or perhaps it would be better not to say too much--to act as if this sort of out-of-town friend is to be expected from a background like ,dorothy's4 ,she is rather different than the 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