PART II
SEEKING A PUBLISHER
July 8th.
To-day I took it to the publisher's!
I had been pondering for a week who were the best publishers. To-day I hardly had the courage to go in—I know nothing about such things—and my hands shook so I could hardly hold the package.
I asked to see the manager. I told him I had a manuscript to submit. He looked at me—I guess I must look rather seedy. “What sort of a manuscript?” he asked. “A blank verse drama!”
Then he took it and glanced over it. “Blank verse dramas are difficult things to publish,” he said.
“You had best read it, I think,” I answered, “you will find it worth while.”