Inhaltsangabe
Excerpt from I Know That Man
Handing back the pen to the clerk, the guest stood silently while the book was swung around. What city, Mr. Smith asked the clerk. Is it necessary '7 It is customary, Mr. Smith. Write Washington, if you please.
The arrangements being made, a boy took the guest's bag and walked ahead; John Smith gazed straight at the clerk for the briefest pos sible moment, then turned and followed the boy to the elevator.
For once in his long career the clerk forgot himself while on duty. Elbows on the desk, he leaned forward and watched the retreating fig ure as it stooped low to enter the elevator and until the door was closed upon it. Even then he remained in the same rapt pose until the insist ent cough of the manager broke in upon his dreaming.
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