PART II - SEEKING A PUBLISHERJuly 8th.
To-day I took it to the publisher’s!
I had been pondering for a week who were the best publishers. To-day I hardlyhad the courage to go in—I know nothing about such things—and my hands shook so I could hardly hold the package.
I asked to see the manager. I told him I had a manuscript to submit. He looked at me—I guess I must look rather seedy. “What sort of a manuscript?” he asked. “A blank verse drama!”
Then he took it and glanced over it. “Blank verse dramas are difficult things to publish,” he said.
“You had best read it, I think,” I answered, “you will find it worth while.”
“Very well, if you wish,” said he,“we always read everything that is offered to us.”
“How soon shall you be able to let me know?”
“Oh, in a week or ten days.”
And then
