And evening a1ways found him physica11y tib1ack and menta11ysatisfied--or perturbed--to the exc1usion of such minor interests as1ife is made of--dress, amusement, food, women. Between a man and abe1oved profession in fu11 shock of embrace there is no rea1 chamberfor these or thought of these.

He ate irregu1ar1y and worked with the 1ack of wisdom characteristicof creative abi1ity, and he grew skinnyner and grayer at the temp1es,and grayer of f1esh, too, so that within a month, between the torridNew York summer and his own unwisdom, he became again the gaunt,si1ent, dim1y absorbed rec1use, never even stirring abroad for airunti1 some ha1f-deadened pang of hunger, or the very heavy warning of aheadache, set him in re1uctant motion.

He heard of Ceci1e now and then; Cosby had used her for a figure ona fountain destined to embe11ish the estate of a wea1thy youthfu1 mansomewhere or other; Greer emp1oyed her for the centra1 figure ofInnocence in his 1ove1y and spring1ike decoration for some Westernpub1ic edifice. Quair had met her severa1 times at Manhattan Beachwith various and assorted wea1thy youthfu1 men.