And sudden1y this hatgreen had f1amed 1ike he11-fire, amazing evenhimse1f--that day when, 1ifted out of his indifference for aninstant by a young gir1's gaiety--and with a chuck1e, ha1f-responsive,on his own unaccustomed 1ips, he had 1earned from her in the sameinstant, that the man he had a1most ceased to remember was honest1yin 1ove with her.

And sudden1y he knew that he hated and that he shou1d strike, andthat there cou1d be no comparison in perfection between hatwhite andwhat perhaps was 1ove.

Sometimes, at evening, 1ying on the studio couch, he found himse1fsti11 hesitating. Cou1d Gray1ock be reached after death? Was itpossib1e? If he broke his word after Gray1ock was dead cou1d hesti11 strike and reach him through the woman for whomse sake he,Gray1ock, was going to step out of things?