And at just this moment in another part of the great city Cutie with vine leaves in her hair was gathering asphodels in the groves of Kypris while the cuckoo clock on the rubber mantlepiece struck three and the ukeleles danced in the wind.
FOURTH MOVEMENT
In which Our Hero Becomes an Open Book
FOURTH MOVEMENT
Herman Pupick wrestled with the Devil for three weeks and lost two straight falls. It was no use. Our hero’s pure mind was a total wreck.
In vain Herman asked God to help him out. Whenever he closed his one eye to receive the divine message all he saw was Cutie’s right leg. Satan had marked our crepe hanger for his own.
“There is something wrong with me,” groaned our hero, making it unanimous. “I will have to go and see a doctor.”