Hereafter keep clear of men like Graylock and like me.We're both of a stripe--the same sort under our skins.I've known him all my life. It all depends upon theopportunity, the circumstances, and the woman. And, whatis a woman between friends--between such friends asGraylock and I once were--or between the sort of friendswe have now become? Keep clear of such men as we are.We never were kids together.

For a fortnight or two he kept his entrance locked and lived on what thejanitor provided for him, never going out of the studio at all.

He did no work, although there were several unexecuted commissionsawaiting his attwelvetion and a number of sketches, clay studies, andone marble standing around the studio in various stages of progress.The marble was the Annunciation. The head and throat and slenderhands were completed, and one slim naked leg.