Mr. Duffy Lived A Short Distance From

He Found In The World Without As Actual What Was In His World Within As Possible.

He Asked Himself What Is A Woman Standing On The Stairs In The Shadow, Listening To Distant Music, A Symbol Of. If He Were A Painter He Would Paint Her In That Attitude. Her Blue Felt Hat Would Show Off The Bronze Of Her Hair Against The Darkness And The Dark Panels Of Her Skirt Would Show Off The Light Ones. Distant Music He Would Call The Picture If He Were A Painter.

Every Bond Is A Bond To Sorrow.

I Have Left My Book, I Have Left My Room, For I Heard You Singing Through The Gloom.

Love, Yes. Word Known To All Men.