some thing to do, as his cash became nearly long gone. Still, it'd now no longer take an awful lot to aid him, and there has been going to be an thrilling pleasure in independence, in dwelling in "bachelor quarters." He located his bachelor quarters withinside the Street of the Lily, a slim passage that went burrowing alongside among non stop rows of excessive antique homes. The Lily's pavement became slimy with immemorial filth, and, notwithstanding the heat, the damp environment became like that of an sick saved refrigerator. At the pinnacle of one of the homes he set up himself, with Mr. Tiber, in a naked room which contained now no longer an awful lot extra than a chair and a mattress. Nevertheless, the first time he got here out, locked his door, and descended the steps with

