It has been four months since I finished The Captive! If I had known then what I know now, I do not believe I could ever have written a line of it.
What do I know now?
—I know more than I care to own to myself. There is a deadly growth taking root in the depths of my soul.
November 13th
It is two months to-day since I gave up my last place. I have gotten along on just three dollars a week, including everything. I find it is not possible to do better than that, there are so many odds and ends one needs. I have spent twenty-seven dollars. I have twenty-nine dollars. That means I can try two, or possibly three, publishers—after this one.
November 16th.
My method did make it easier after all. The letter came this morning.