He/pps looked/vbd at/in her/ppo as/cs she/pps spoke/vbd ,/, then/rb got/vbd up/rp as/cs she/pps was/bedz speaking/vbg still/rb ,/, and/cc ,/, simply/rb and/cc wordlessly/rb ,/, walked/vbd out/rp ./.
And/cc that/dt was/bedz the/at end/nn ./.
Or/cc nearly/rb ./.


	He/pps went/vbd to/in the/at Hotel/nn-tl Mayflower/np-tl and/cc telegraphed/vbd Mencken/np ./.
Would/md he/pps meet/vb him/ppo in/in Baltimore/np in/in Drawing/jj-tl Room/nn-tl A/np-tl ,/, Car/nn-tl Three/cd-tl on/in the/at train/nn leaving/vbg Washington/np at/in nine/cd o'clock/rb next/ap morning/nn ?/. ?/.
They/ppss would/md go/vb to/in New/jj-tl York/np-tl together/rb ,/, where/wrb parties/nns would/md be/be piled/vbn on/in weariness/nn and/cc on/in misery/nn ./.
But/cc not/* for/in long/rb ./.
Both/abx Alfred/np Harcourt/np and/cc Donald/np Brace/np had/hvd written/vbn him/ppo enthusiastic/jj praise/nn of/in Elmer/np-tl Gantry/np-tl (/( any/dti changes/nns could/md be/be made/vbn in/in proof/nn ,/, which/wdt was/bedz already/rb coming/vbg from/in the/at printer/nn )/) and/cc they/ppss had/hvd ordered/vbn 140,000/cd copies/nns --/-- the/at largest/jjt first/od printing/nn of/in any/dti book/nn in/in history/nn ./.
But/cc none/pn of/in this/dt could/md soothe/vb the/at exacerbated/vbn nerves/nns ./.
On/in New/jj-tl Year's/nn$-tl Eve/nn-tl ,/, Alfred/np Harcourt/np drove/vbd him/ppo up/in the/at Hudson/np to/in Bill/np Brown's/np$ Training/nn-tl Camp/nn-tl ,/, a/at well-known/jj establishment/nn for/in the/at speedy/jj if/cs temporary/jj rehabilitation/nn of/in drunkards/nns who/wps could/md no/ql longer/rbr help/vb themselves/ppls ./.
But/cc ,/, in/in departing/vbg ,/, Lewis/np begged/vbd Breasted/np that/cs there/ex be/be no/at liquor/nn in/in the/at apartment/nn at/in the/at Grosvenor/np on/in his/pp$ return/nn ,/, and/cc he/pps took/vbd with/in him/ppo the/at first/od thirty/cd galleys/nns of/in Elmer/np-tl Gantry/np-tl ./.


	On/in January/np 4/cd ,/, with/in the/at boys/nns back/rb at/in school/nn and/cc college/nn ,/, Mrs./np Lewis/np wrote/vbd Harcourt/np to/to say/vb that/cs she/pps was/bedz ``/`` through/rp ,/, quite/ql through/rp ''/'' ./.
``/`` This/dt whole/jj Washington/np venture/nn was/bedz my/pp$ last/ap gesture/nn ,/, and/cc it/pps has/hvz failed/vbn ./.
Physically/rb as/ql well/rb as/cs mentally/rb I/ppss have/hv reached/vbn the/at limit/nn of/in my/pp$ endurance/nn ./.
My/pp$ last/ap gift/nn to/in him/ppo is/bez complete/jj silence/nn until/cs the/at book/nn is/bez out/rp and/cc the/at first/od heated/vbn discussion/nn dies/vbz down/rp ./.
For/cs him/ppo to/to divorce/vb God/np and/cc wife/nn simultaneously/rb would/md be/be bad/jj publicity/nn ./.
I/ppss am/bem really/ql ill/jj at/in the/at present/jj moment/nn ,/, and/cc I/ppss will/md go/vb to/in some/dti sort/nn of/in a/at sanitarium/nn to/to normalize/vb myself/ppl ''/'' ./.
And/cc she/pps withdrew/vbd then/rb to/in Cromwell/np-tl Hall/nn-tl ,/, in/in Cromwell/np ,/, Connecticut/np ./.


	Harcourt/np replied/vbd :/: ``/`` I/ppss do/do really/rb hope/vb you/ppss can/md achieve/vb serenity/nn in/in the/at course/nn of/in time/nn ./.
Of/in course/nn I/ppss hope/vb Hal/np can/md also/rb ,/, but/cc those/dts hopes/nns are/ber much/ql more/ql faint/jj ''/'' ./.



8/cd 
on/in January/np 8/cd ,/, 1927/cd ,/, he/pps returned/vbd to/in the/at Grosvenor/np in/in high/jj spirits/nns ,/, and/cc looking/vbg fit/jj ./.
He/pps had/hvd been/ben ,/, he/pps wrote/vbd Mencken/np at/in once/rb ,/, ``/`` in/in the/at country/nn ''/'' ,/, a/at euphemism/nn for/in an/at experience/nn that/wps had/hvd not/* greatly/rb changed/vbn him/ppo ./.
Charles/np Breasted/np remembers/vbz that/cs ,/, before/cs unpacking/vbg his/pp$ bag/nn ,/, he/pps telephoned/vbd his/pp$ bootlegger/nn with/in a/at generous/jj order/nn ,/, and/cc almost/rb at/in once/rb ``/`` the/at familiar/jj procession/nn of/in people/nns began/vbd milling/vbg through/in our/pp$ living/vbg room/nn at/in any/dti hour/nn between/in two/cd P.M./rb and/cc three/cd A.M./rb ''/'' ./.
They/ppss were/bed strays/nns of/in every/at kind/nn --/-- university/nn students/nns and/cc journalists/nns ,/, Village/nn-tl hangers-on/nns and/cc barflies/nns ,/, taxi/nn drivers/nns and/cc editors/nns and/cc unknown/jj poets/nns ,/, as/ql well/rb as/cs friends/nns like/cs Elinor/np Wylie/np and/cc William/np Rose/np Benet/np ,/, the/at Van/np Dorens/nps and/cc Nathan/np ,/, Rebecca/np West/np and/cc Hugh/np Walpole/np and/cc Osbert/np Sitwell/np ,/, Laurence/np Stallings/np ,/, Lewis/np Browne/np ,/, William/np Seabrook/np ,/, Arthur/np Hopkins/np ,/, the/at Woodwards/nps ./.
When/wrb he/pps came/vbd home/nr from/in his/pp$ office/nn at/in the/at end/nn of/in the/at afternoon/nn ,/, Breasted/np never/rb knew/vbd what/wdt gathering/nn he/pps should/md expect/vb to/to find/vb ,/, but/cc there/ex almost/ql always/rb was/bedz one/cd ./.


	He/pps did/dod not/* neglect/vb his/pp$ wife/nn in/in Cromwell/np-tl Hall/nn-tl ,/, but/cc telephoned/vbd her/ppo and/cc wrote/vbd her/ppo with/in assurances/nns of/in his/pp$ continuing/vbg interest/nn and/cc of/in his/pp$ wish/nn to/to ``/`` stand/vb behind/in ''/'' her/ppo in/in their/pp$ separation/nn and/cc of/in his/pp$ hope/nn that/cs there/ex would/md be/be no/at bitterness/nn between/in them/ppo ./.
She/pps was/bedz occupying/vbg herself/ppl in/in an/at attempt/nn to/to write/vb an/at article/nn about/in the/at variety/nn of/in houses/nns that/wpo they/ppss had/hvd rented/vbn abroad/rb ./.
He/pps was/bedz of/in unsettled/vbn mind/nn as/in to/in whether/cs he/pps should/md go/vb abroad/rb when/wrb the/at Gantry/np-tl galleys/nns were/bed finished/vbn ./.
For/in a/at time/nn ,/, urging/vbg Breasted/np to/to give/vb up/rp his/pp$ public/jj relations/nns work/nn and/cc take/vb up/rp writing/vbg instead/rb ,/, he/pps hoped/vbd to/to persuade/vb him/ppo to/to become/vb his/pp$ assistant/nn in/in research/nn for/in the/at labor/nn novel/nn ;/. ;/.
if/cs Breasted/np agreed/vbd ,/, they/ppss would/md get/vb a/at car/nn and/cc tour/vb the/at country/nn ,/, visiting/vbg every/at kind/nn of/in industrial/jj center/nn ./.
When/wrb Breasted/np insisted/vbd that/cs this/dt was/bedz impossible/jj for/in him/ppo ,/, Lewis/np decided/vbd to/to go/vb abroad/rb ./.


	He/pps telephoned/vbd L./np M./np Birkhead/np and/cc asked/vbd him/ppo and/cc his/pp$ wife/nn to/to come/vb to/in Europe/np as/cs his/pp$ guests/nns ,/, but/cc Birkhead/np declined/vbd on/in the/at grounds/nns that/cs one/cd of/in them/ppo must/md be/be in/in the/at United/vbn-tl States/nns-tl when/wrb Elmer/np-tl Gantry/np-tl was/bedz published/vbn ./.
Lewis/np was/bedz spending/vbg his/pp$ mornings/nns ,/, with/in the/at help/nn of/in two/cd secretaries/nns ,/, on/in the/at galleys/nns of/in that/dt long/jj novel/nn ,/, making/vbg considerable/jj revisions/nns ,/, and/cc the/at combination/nn of/in hard/jj work/nn and/cc hard/jj frivolity/nn exhausted/vbd him/ppo once/rb more/rbr ,/, so/cs that/cs he/pps was/bedz compelled/vbn to/to spend/vb three/cd days/nns in/in the/at Harbor/nn-tl Sanatorium/nn-tl in/in the/at last/ap week/nn of/in January/np ./.
Before/cs he/pps made/vbd that/dt retreat/nn ,/, he/pps telephoned/vbd Earl/np Blackman/np in/in Kansas/np-tl City/nn-tl and/cc asked/vbd him/ppo to/to come/vb to/in Europe/np with/in him/ppo ./.
Blackman/np was/bedz to/to be/be in/in New/jj-tl York/np-tl by/in February/np 2/cd ,/, because/cs they/ppss were/bed sailing/vbg at/in 12:01/cd next/ap morning/nn ./.
Lewis/np told/vbd him/ppo what/wdt clothes/nns he/pps should/md bring/vb along/rb ,/, and/cc enjoined/vbd him/ppo not/* to/to buy/vb anything/pn that/wpo he/pps did/dod not/* already/rb own/vb ,/, they/ppss would/md do/do that/dt in/in New/jj-tl York/np-tl ./.
Blackman/np arrived/vbd a/at day/nn or/cc two/cd early/rb ,/, and/cc Lewis/np took/vbd him/ppo to/in a/at department/nn store/nn immediately/rb and/cc outfitted/vbd him/ppo ,/, luggage/nn and/cc all/abn ,/, and/cc then/rb he/pps took/vbd him/ppo to/in a/at party/nn at/in the/at Woodwards/nps that/wps went/vbd on/rp until/in four/cd in/in the/at morning/nn ./.


	On/in the/at evening/nn that/wpo they/ppss were/bed to/to sail/vb ,/, Lewis/np himself/ppl gave/vbd a/at party/nn ,/, but/cc he/pps was/bedz too/ql indisposed/vbn to/to appear/vb at/in it/ppo ./.
Woodward/np took/vbd occasion/nn to/to warn/vb Blackman/np about/in Lewis's/np$ drinking/nn and/cc urged/vbd him/ppo to/to ``/`` try/vb to/to keep/vb him/ppo sober/jj ''/'' ./.
After/in a/at dinner/nn party/nn for/in which/wdt she/pps had/hvd come/vbn down/rp to/in New/jj-tl York/np-tl ,/, Mrs./np Lewis/np and/cc Casanova/np arrived/vbd to/to see/vb them/ppo off/rp ,/, and/cc Elinor/np Wylie/np made/vbd tart/jj observations/nns that/wps indicated/vbd that/cs Lewis/np had/hvd been/ben less/ql discreet/jj than/cs he/pps had/hvd promised/vbn to/to be/be about/in the/at real/jj nature/nn of/in their/pp$ separation/nn ./.
Nevertheless/rb ,/, Mrs./np Lewis/np was/bedz still/rb solicitous/jj of/in his/pp$ condition/nn :/: let/vb him/ppo do/do as/cs he/pps wished/vbd ,/, let/vb him/ppo sleep/vb with/in chambermaids/nns if/cs he/pps must/md ,/, but/cc ,/, she/pps begged/vbd Blackman/np ,/, try/vb to/to keep/vb him/ppo from/in drinking/vbg a/at great/jj deal/nn and/cc bring/vb him/ppo back/rb in/in good/jj health/nn ./.
As/cs they/ppss stood/vbd at/in the/at first-class/jj rail/nn ,/, waving/vbg down/rp to/in his/pp$ wife/nn and/cc Casanova/np below/rb ,/, Lewis/np said/vbd ,/, ``/`` Earl/np ,/, there/ex is/bez Gracie's/np$ future/jj husband/nn ''/'' ./.
And/cc when/wrb questioned/vbn by/in ship's/nn$ reporters/nns about/in the/at separation/nn ,/, she/pps said/vbd ,/, ``/`` I/ppss adore/vb him/ppo ,/, and/cc he/pps adores/vbz me/ppo ''/'' ./.


	Blackman/np had/hvd brought/vbn news/nn from/in Kansas/np-tl City/nn-tl ./.
Before/in his/pp$ departure/nn ,/, a/at group/nn of/in his/pp$ friends/nns ,/, the/at Reverend/np Stidger/np among/in them/ppo ,/, had/hvd given/vbn him/ppo a/at luncheon/nn ,/, and/cc Stidger/np had/hvd seen/vbn advance/nn sheets/nns of/in Elmer/np-tl Gantry/np-tl ./.
He/pps was/bedz outraged/vbn by/in the/at book/nn and/cc announced/vbd that/cs he/pps had/hvd discovered/vbn fifty/cd technical/jj errors/nns in/in its/pp$ account/nn of/in church/nn practices/nns ./.
L./np M./np Birkhead/np challenged/vbd him/ppo to/to name/vb one/cd and/cc he/pps was/bedz silent/jj ./.
But/cc his/pp$ rancor/nn did/dod not/* cease/vb ,/, and/cc presently/rb ,/, on/in March/np 13/cd ,/, when/wrb he/pps preached/vbd a/at sermon/nn on/in the/at text/nn ,/, ``/`` And/cc Ben-hadad/np Was/bedz Drunk/jj ''/'' ,/, he/pps told/vbd his/pp$ congregation/nn how/wql disappointed/vbn he/pps was/bedz in/in Mr./np Lewis/np ,/, how/wrb he/pps regretted/vbd having/hvg had/hvn him/ppo in/in his/pp$ house/nn ,/, and/cc how/wrb he/pps should/md have/hv been/ben warned/vbn by/in the/at fact/nn that/cs the/at novelist/nn was/bedz drunk/jj all/abn the/at time/nn that/cs he/pps was/bedz working/vbg on/in the/at book/nn ./.
But/cc that/dt sermon/nn ,/, like/cs those/dts of/in hundreds/nns of/in other/ap ministers/nns ,/, was/bedz yet/rb to/to be/be delivered/vbn ./.


	In/in London/np Lewis/np took/vbd the/at usual/jj suite/nn in/in Bury/np-tl Street/nn-tl ./.
To/in the/at newspapers/nns he/pps talked/vbd about/in his/pp$ unquiet/jj life/nn ,/, about/in his/pp$ wish/nn to/to be/be a/at newspaperman/nn once/rb more/rbr ,/, about/in the/at prevalence/nn of/in American/jj slang/nn in/in British/jj speech/nn ,/, about/in the/at loquacity/nn of/in the/at English/nps and/cc the/at impossibility/nn of/in finding/vbg quiet/nn in/in a/at railway/nn carriage/nn ,/, about/in his/pp$ plans/nns to/to wander/vb for/in two/cd years/nns ``/`` unless/cs stopped/vbn and/cc made/vbn to/to write/vb another/dt book/nn ''/'' ./.
The/at Manchester/np-tl Guardian/nn-tl wondered/vbd how/wrb anyone/pn in/in a/at railway/nn carriage/nn would/md have/hv an/at opportunity/nn to/to talk/vb to/in Mr./np Lewis/np ,/, since/cs it/pps was/bedz well/rb known/vbn that/cs Mr./np Lewis/np always/rb did/dod all/abn of/in the/at talking/vbg ./.
His/pp$ English/jj friends/nns ,/, it/pps said/vbd ,/, had/hvd gone/vbn into/in training/vbg to/to keep/vb up/rp with/in him/ppo vocally/rb and/cc with/in his/pp$ ``/`` allegro/jj movements/nns around/in the/at luncheon/nn table/nn ''/'' ./.
The/at New/jj-tl York/np-tl Times/nns-tl editorialist/nn wondered/vbd just/rb who/wps would/md stop/vb Mr./np Lewis/np and/cc make/vb him/ppo write/vb a/at book/nn ./.


	Lewis's/np$ remarks/nns about/in his/pp$ marriage/nn were/bed suggestive/jj enough/qlp to/to induce/vb American/jj reporters/nns to/to invade/vb the/at offices/nns of/in Harcourt/np-tl ,/, Brace/np-tl &/cc-tl Company/nn-tl for/in information/nn ,/, to/to pursue/vb Mrs./np Lewis/np to/in Cromwell/np-tl Hall/nn-tl ,/, and/cc ,/, after/cs she/pps had/hvd returned/vbn to/in New/jj-tl York/np-tl ,/, to/to ferret/vb her/ppo out/rp at/in the/at Stanhope/np on/in upper/jj Fifth/od-tl Avenue/nn-tl where/wrb she/pps had/hvd taken/vbn an/at apartment/nn ./.
There/rb ,/, to/in the/at Evening/nn-tl Post/nn-tl ,/, she/pps emphatically/rb denied/vbd the/at divorce/nn rumors/nns and/cc explained/vbd that/cs she/pps had/hvd stayed/vbn behind/rb because/rb of/in the/at schooling/nn of/in their/pp$ son/nn ,/, which/wdt henceforth/rb would/md be/be strictly/ql American/jj ./.
These/dts rumors/nns of/in permanent/jj separation/nn started/vbd up/rp a/at whole/jj crop/nn of/in stories/nns about/in her/ppo ./.
One/cd had/hvd it/ppo that/cs a/at friend/nn ,/, protesting/vbg her/pp$ snobbery/nn ,/, said/vbd ,/, ``/`` But/cc ,/, Gracie/np ,/, you/ppss are/ber an/at American/np ,/, aren't/ber* you/ppo ''/'' ?/. ?/.
And/cc she/pps replied/vbd ,/, ``/`` I/ppss was/bedz born/vbn in/in America/np ,/, but/cc I/ppss was/bedz conceived/vbn in/in Vienna/np ''/'' ./.
Lewis/np himself/ppl furthered/vbd these/dts tales/nns ./.
He/pps is/bez said/vbn to/to have/hv reported/vbn that/cs once/rb ,/, when/wrb she/pps went/vbd to/in a/at hospital/nn to/to call/vb on/in a/at friend/nn after/in a/at serious/jj operation/nn ,/, and/cc the/at friend/nn protested/vbd that/cs it/pps had/hvd been/ben ``/`` nothing/pn ''/'' ,/, she/pps replied/vbd ,/, ``/`` Well/uh ,/, it/pps was/bedz your/pp$ healthy/jj American/jj peasant/nn blood/nn that/wps pulled/vbd you/ppo through/rp ''/'' ./.
With/in these/dts and/cc similar/jj tales/nns he/pps was/bedz entertaining/vbg his/pp$ English/jj friends/nns ,/, all/abn of/in whom/wpo he/pps was/bedz seeing/vbg when/wrb he/pps was/bedz not/* showing/vbg Blackman/np the/at sights/nns of/in London/np and/cc its/pp$ environs/nns ./.


	At/in once/rb upon/in his/pp$ arrival/nn ,/, he/pps telephoned/vbd Lady/nn-tl Sybil/np Colefax/np who/wps invited/vbd them/ppo to/in tea/nn ,/, and/cc then/rb Lewis/np decided/vbd to/to give/vb a/at party/nn as/cs a/at quick/jj way/nn of/in rounding/vbg up/rp his/pp$ friends/nns ./.
He/pps invited/vbd Lady/nn-tl Sybil/np ,/, Lord/nn-tl Thomson/np ,/, Bechhofer/np Roberts/np ,/, and/cc a/at half/abn dozen/nn others/nns ./.
It/pps was/bedz a/at dinner/nn party/nn ,/, Lewis/np had/hvd been/ben drinking/vbg during/in the/at afternoon/nn ,/, and/cc long/rb before/cs the/at party/nn really/rb got/vbd under/in way/nn ,/, he/pps was/bedz quite/ql drunk/jj ,/, with/in the/at result/nn that/cs the/at party/nn broke/vbd up/rp even/rb before/cs dinner/nn was/bedz over/rp ./.
Lewis/np ,/, at/in the/at head/nn of/in the/at table/nn ,/, would/md leap/vb up/rp and/cc move/vb around/rb behind/in the/at chairs/nns of/in his/pp$ guests/nns making/vbg remarks/nns that/cs ,/, when/wrb not/* highly/ql offensive/jj ,/, were/bed at/in least/ap highly/ql inappropriate/jj ,/, and/cc then/rb presently/rb he/pps collapsed/vbd and/cc was/bedz put/vbn to/in bed/nn ./.


	When/wrb Blackman/np emerged/vbd from/in the/at bedroom/nn ,/, everyone/pn was/bedz gone/vbn except/in the/at tolerant/jj Lord/nn-tl Thomson/np ,/, who/wps stayed/vbd and/cc chatted/vbd with/in him/ppo for/in half/abn an/at hour/nn ,/, and/cc then/rb Blackman/np lay/vbd awake/jj most/ap of/in that/dt night/nn ,/, despairing/vbg of/in what/wdt he/pps must/md expect/vb on/in the/at Continent/nn-tl ./.
Finally/rb ,/, at/in dawn/nn ,/, he/pps fell/vbd asleep/rb ,/, and/cc when/wrb he/pps awoke/vbd and/cc came/vbd into/in the/at living/vbg room/nn ,/, he/pps found/vbd Lewis/np in/in his/pp$ pajamas/nns before/in the/at fire/nn ,/, smoking/vbg a/at cigarette/nn ./.
Blackman/np said/vbd that/cs he/pps wanted/vbd to/to apologize/vb for/in not/* having/hvg prevented/vbn Lewis/np from/in making/vbg that/dt horrible/jj spectacle/nn of/in himself/ppl ,/, that/cs he/pps should/md have/hv seized/vbn him/ppo by/in the/at neck/nn at/in once/rb and/cc forcibly/rb hauled/vbn him/ppo into/in his/pp$ bedroom/nn ./.
Lewis/np warned/vbd him/ppo never/rb to/to lay/vb a/at hand/nn on/in him/ppo ,/, and/cc then/jj Blackman/np asked/vbd for/in his/pp$ fare/nn back/rb to/in the/at United/vbn-tl States/nns-tl ./.
Lewis/np looked/vbd at/in him/ppo and/cc began/vbd to/to cry/vb ,/, and/cc then/rb ,/, saying/vbg that/cs he/pps was/bedz going/vbg to/to make/vb a/at promise/nn ,/, he/pps asked/vbd Blackman/np to/to call/vb the/at porter/nn and/cc to/to tell/vb him/ppo to/to take/vb out/rp all/abn the/at liquor/nn that/wpo he/pps did/dod not/* want/vb ./.
``/`` And/cc from/in now/rb on/rp ,/, for/in the/at rest/nn of/in this/dt trip/nn ,/, I/ppss will/md only/rb drink/vb what/wdt you/ppss agree/vb that/wpo I/ppss should/md drink/vb ''/'' ./.
Blackman/np called/vbd the/at porter/nn and/cc had/hvd him/ppo remove/vb everything/pn but/in one/cd bottle/nn of/in brandy/nn ,/, and/cc after/in that/cs they/ppss would/md have/hv a/at cocktail/nn or/cc two/cd before/in dinner/nn ,/, or/cc ,/, on/in one/cd of/in their/pp$ walking/vbg trips/nns ,/, beer/nn ,/, or/cc ,/, in/in France/np and/cc Italy/np ,/, wine/nn in/in moderation/nn ./.


	Lewis/np gave/vbd him/ppo a/at guidebook/nn tour/nn of/in London/np and/cc ,/, motoring/vbg and/cc walking/vbg ,/, took/vbd him/ppo to/in Stratford/np ,/, but/cc the/at London/np stay/nn was/bedz for/in only/rb ten/cd days/nns ,/, and/cc on/in the/at twentieth/od they/ppss took/vbd the/at train/nn for/in Southampton/np ,/, where/wrb they/ppss spent/vbd the/at night/nn for/in an/at early/jj morning/nn Channel/nn-tl crossing/nn ./.
Near/in Southampton/np ,/, in/in a/at considerable/jj establishment/nn ,/, lived/vbd Homer/np Vachell/np ,/, a/at well-known/jj pulp/nn writer/nn ,/, and/cc his/pp$ brother/nn ,/, Horace/np --/-- both/abx friends/nns of/in Lewis's/np$ ./.
He/pps suggested/vbd that/cs they/ppss call/vb on/in these/dts brothers/nns ,/, who/wps received/vbd them/ppo pleasantly/rb ./.
Then/rb they/ppss returned/vbd to/in their/pp$ hotel/nn and/cc got/vbd ready/jj for/in bed/nn ./.
It/pps was/bedz late/jj ,/, and/cc Blackman/np was/bedz ready/jj to/to go/vb to/in sleep/nn ,/, but/cc Lewis/np was/bedz not/* ./.
He/pps said/vbd ,/, ``/`` We/ppss had/hvd a/at good/jj time/nn tonight/nr ,/, didn't/dod* we/ppss ,/, Earl/np ''/'' ?/. ?/.
Earl/np agreed/vbd ,/, and/cc Lewis/np said/vbd that/cs it/pps would/md have/hv been/ben very/ql different/jj if/cs his/pp$ wife/nn had/hvd been/ben with/in him/ppo ./.
Then/rb he/pps kept/vbd Blackman/np awake/jj for/in more/ap than/in an/at hour/nn while/cs he/pps did/dod an/at imaginary/jj dialogue/nn between/in his/pp$ wife/nn and/cc himself/ppl in/in which/wdt ,/, discussing/vbg the/at evening/nn ,/, he/pps was/bedz continually/rb berated/vbn ./.
He/pps began/vbd the/at dialogue/nn by/in having/hvg his/pp$ wife/nn announce/vb that/cs one/pn does/doz not/* invade/vb people's/nns$ homes/nns without/in warning/vbg them/ppo that/cs one/pn is/bez coming/vbg ,/, and/cc went/vbd on/rp from/in that/dt with/in the/at entire/jj catalogue/nn of/in his/pp$ social/jj gaucheries/nns ./.