“ow，you’rehuringme，you’re…oh！”shewassuddenlysilenerrorhadmadeherforgehepainopeninghereyes，shehadseenhisface–no，nohisface，aferocioussranger’s，pale，disored，wichingwihsomeinsane，inexplicablefuryaghas，“buwhaisi，john？”shewhisperedhedidnoanswer，buonlysaredinoherfacewihhosemadeyeshehandshaheldherwrisswereremblinghebreaheddeeplyandirregurlyfainalmosoimpercepibiliy，buappalling，shesuddenlyheardhegnedingofhiseeh“whaisi？”shealmosscreamed

andashoughawakenedbyhercryhecaughherbyheshouldersandshookher“whore！”heshoued“whore！impudensrumpe！”

“oh，don’，doon’，”sheproesedinavoicemadegroesquelyremulousbyhisshaking

“whore！”

“pleaease”

“damnedwhore！”

“agraammeisbeeer…”shebegan

hesavagepushedherawaywihsuchforcehashesaggeredandfell“go，”heshoued，sandingoverhermenacingly，“geouofmysighori’llkillyou”heclenchedhisfiss

leninaraisedherarmocoverherface“no，pleasedon’，john…”

“hurryupquick！”

onearmsillraised，andfollowinghiseverymovemenwihaerrifiedeye，shescrambledoherfeeandsillcrouching，sillcoveringherhead，madeadashforhebahroom

henoiseofhaprodigiousspbywhichherdeparurewasacceleraedwaslikeapisolsho

“ow！”leninaboundedforward

safelylockedinohebahroom，shehadleisureoakesockofherinjuriessandingwihherbackohemirror，shewisedherheadlookingoverherlefshouldershecouldseeheimprinofanopenhandsandingoudisincandcrimsononhepearlyfleshgingerlysherubbedhewoundedspo

ouside，inheoherroom，hesavagewassridingupanddown，marching，marchingohedrumsandmusicofmagicalwords“hewrengoeso’andhesmallgildedflydoeslecherinmysigh”maddeninglyheyrumbledinhisears“hefichewnorhesoiledhorsegoeso’wihamorerioousappeiedownfromhewaisheyarecenaurs，houghwomenallabovebuohegirdledohegodsinheribeneahisallhefiend’shere’shell，here’sdarkness，hereishesulphurouspi，burningscalding，sench，consumpion；fie，fie，fie，pain，pain！givemeanounceofcive，goodapohecary，osweeenmyimaginaion”

“john！”venuredasmallingraiaingvoicefromhebahroom“john！”

“ohouweed，whoaresolovelyfairandsmell’ssosweehahesenseachesaheewashismosgoodlybookmadeowrie‘whore’upon？heavensopshenoseai…”

buherperfumesillhungabouhim，hisjackewaswhiewihhepowderhahadscenedhervelveybody“impudensrumpe，impudensrumpe，impudensrumpe”heinexorablerhyhmbeaiselfou“impuden…”

“john，doyouhinkimighhavemyclohes？”

hepickeduphebellboomedrousers，heblouse，hezippicamiknicks

“open！”heordered，kickinghedoor

“no，iwon’”hevoicewasfrighenedanddefian

“well，howdoyouexpecmeogivehemoyou？”

“pushhemhroughhevenioroverhedoor”

hedidwhashesuggesedandreurnedohisuneasypacingofheroom“impudensrumpe，impudensrumpehedevilluxurywihhisfarumpandpoaofinger…”

“john”

hewouldnoanswer“farumpandpoaofinger”

“john”

“whaisi？”heaskedgruffly

“iwonderifyou’dmindgivingmemymalhusianbel”leninasa，liseningohefoosepsinheoherroom，wondering，asshelisened，howlonghewaslikelyogorampingupanddownlikeha；whehershewouldhaveowaiunilhelefhef；orifiwouldbesafe，aferallowinghismadnessareasonableimeosubside，oopenhebahroomdoorandmakeadashfori

shewasinerrupedinhemidsofheseuneasyspecuionsbyhesoundofheelephonebellringinginheoherroomabruplyherampingceasedsheheardhevoiceofhesavageparleyingwihsilence

“hullo”

…

“yes”

…

“ifidonousurpmyself，iam”

…

“yes，didn’youhearmesayso？mrsavagespeaking”

…

“wha？who’sill？ofcourseiineressme”

…

“buisiserious？isshereallybad？i’llgoaonce…”

…

“noinherroomsanymore？wherehasshebeenaken？”

…

“oh，mygod！wha’sheaddress？”

…

“hreeparkne–ishai？hree？hanks”

leninaheardheclickofherepcedreceiver，henhurryingsepsadoorsmmedherewassilencewashereallygone？

wihaninfiniyofprecauionssheopenedhedooraquarerofaninch；peepedhroughhecrack；wasencouragedbyheviewofempiness；openedalilefurher，andpuherwholeheadou；finallyipoedinoheroom；soodforafewsecondswihsronglybeainghear，lisening，lisening；hendaredohefrondoor，opened，slippedhrough，smmed，raniwasnoillshewasinhelifandacuallydroppingdownhewellhashebeganofeelherselfsecure