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Experiments in Convalescence

           TheyselectedtheatreticketsatTyson’sforaplaythathadafour-drinkprogrammeaplaywithtwomonotonousvoices,withturbid,gloomyscenes,andlightingeffectsthatwerehardtofollowwhenhiseyesbehavedsoamazingly.Heimaginedafterwardthatitmusthavebeen"TheJest."...

           ...ThentheCocoanutGrove,whereAmorysleptagainonalittlebalconyoutside.OutinShanley’s,Yonkers,hebecamealmostlogical,andbyacarefulcontrolofthenumberofhigh-ballshedrank,grewquitelucidandgarrulous.Hefoundthatthepartyconsistedoffivemen,twoofwhomheknewslightly;hebecamerighteousaboutpayinghisshareoftheexpenseandinsistedinaloudvoiceonarrangingeverythingthenandtheretotheamusementofthetablesaroundhim....

           Someonementionedthatafamouscabaretstarwasatthenexttable,soAmoryroseand,approachinggallantly,introducedhimself...thisinvolvedhiminanargument,firstwithherescortandthenwiththeheadwaiterAmory’sattitudebeingaloftyandexaggeratedcourtesy...heconsented,afterbeingconfrontedwithirrefutablelogic,tobeingledbacktohisowntable.

           "Decidedtocommitsuicide,"heannouncedsuddenly.

           "When?Nextyear?"

           "Now.To-morrowmorning.GoingtotakearoomattheCommodore,getintoahotbathandopenavein."

           "He’sgettingmorbid!"

           "Youneedanotherrye,oldboy!"

           "We’llalltalkitoverto-morrow."

           ButAmorywasnottobedissuaded,fromargumentatleast.

           "Didyouevergetthatway?"hedemandedconfidentiallyfortaccio.

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