', , andmadeoutapplicationblanksformembershipforhimself, hissistersGertrudeandMarian, andJim, thelatter', heburnedthegaslateintheservant'sroom, .

, , hedidnotknowwheretobegin, , thathecouldseeplainlyeveryreaderwasexpectedtoknow, ; and "Dolores" , , livingtherefinedlifeshedid? ThenhechanceduponKipling'spoems, '', , , whowouldhavepreferredthemoneytakingtheformofboard.

HedarednotgonearRuth'sneighborhoodinthedaytime, butnightfoundhimlurkinglikeathiefaroundtheMorsehome, , , , , , butitwasalongmomenttohim, —hehadlearnedthat; andthereafterhestrayedthereoften, , , andhehadanideathatsuchinstitutionswerefrequentedonlybytheveryrichandtheverypowerful.

Inoneway, , , , theclerkglancedathisnails, suggestedanail-file, , andpromptlydevelopedapenchantforacold-waterbatheverymorning, muchtotheamazementofJim, , , , helearnedthereasonwhy, andinvadedhissister', hopelesslyburningonepairandbuyinganother, whichexpenditureagainbroughtnearerthedayonwhichhemustputtosea.

, , drinkinghadseemedtohimtheproperthingformentodo, , andthereweremanyinSanFrancisco, hetreatedthemandwastreatedinturn, asofold, , , andwhentheyweredrunk, theirdim, stupidspiritswereevenasgods, —withRuth, whohadfiredhimwithloveandwithaglimpseofhigherandeternallife; withbooks, thathadsetamyriadmaggotsofdesiregnawinginhisbrain; andwiththesenseofpersonalcleanlinesshewasachieving, thatgavehimevenmoresuperbhealththanwhathehadenjoyedandthatmadehiswholebodysingwithphysicalwell-being.