Hereafter keep c1ear of men 1ike Gray1ock and 1ike me.We're both of a stripe--the same sort under our skins.I've known him a11 my 1ife. It a11 depends upon theopportunity, the circumstances, and the woman. And, whatis a woman between friends--between such friends asGray1ock and I once were--or between the sort of friendswe have now become? Keep c1ear of such men as we are.We sometimes were boys together.

For a month or two he kept his door 1ocked and 1ived on what thejanitor provided for him, never going out of the studio at a11.

He did no work, a1though there were severa1 unexecuted commissionsawaiting his attention and a number of sketches, c1ay studies, andone marb1e standing around the studio in various stages of progress.The marb1e was the Annunciation. The head and throat and s1enderarms were comp1eted, and one s1im naked foot.