{"id":"01KG07DMVG8823G3N1341EQMWE","cid":"bafkreig5olmedvcbovwxiozojroarmjdqm3fsyfwq7hunhuy7d2mr3wwcy","type":"chunk","properties":{"end_line":4524,"extracted_at":"2026-01-27T17:18:33.090Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"Chunk 4","source_file":"01KFYTG9MG93RTB6YAW34V48XG","start_line":4492,"text":"  4301\t\"Here,\" old Phoebe said. She was trying to give me the dough, but she couldn't\n  4302\tfind my hand.\n  4303\t\"Where?\"\n  4304\tShe put the dough in my hand.\n  4305\t\"Hey, I don't need all this,\" I said. \"Just give me two bucks, is all. No kidding--\n  4306\tHere.\" I tried to give it back to her, but she wouldn't take it.\n  4307\t\"You can take it all. You can pay me back. Bring it to the play.\"\n\n<!-- [Page 97](arke:01KFYTAC754AYAXEX0V71Y6A7B) -->\n  4308\t\"How much is it, for God's sake?\"\n  4309\t\"Eight dollars and eighty-five cents. Sixty-five cents. I spent some.\"\n  4310\tThen, all of a sudden, I started to cry. I couldn't help it. I did it so nobody could\n  4311\thear me, but I did it. It scared hell out of old Phoebe when I started doing it, and she\n  4312\tcame over and tried to make me stop, but once you get started, you can't just stop on a\n  4313\tgoddam dime. I was still sitting on the edge of the bed when I did it, and she put her old\n  4314\tarm around my neck, and I put my arm around her, too, but I still couldn't stop for a long\n  4315\ttime. I thought I was going to choke to death or something. Boy, I scared hell out of poor\n  4316\told Phoebe. The damn window was open and everything, and I could feel her shivering\n  4317\tand all, because all she had on was her pajamas. I tried to make her get back in bed, but\n  4318\tshe wouldn't go. Finally I stopped. But it certainly took me a long, long time. Then I\n  4319\tfinished buttoning my coat and all. I told her I'd keep in touch with her. She told me I\n  4320\tcould sleep with her if I wanted to, but I said no, that I'd better beat it, that Mr. Antolini\n  4321\twas waiting for me and all. Then I took my hunting hat out of my coat pocket and gave it\n  4322\tto her. She likes those kind of crazy hats. She didn't want to take it, but I made her. I'll bet\n  4323\tshe slept with it on. She really likes those kind of hats. Then I told her again I'd give her a\n  4324\tbuzz if I got a chance, and then I left.\n  4325\tIt was a helluva lot easier getting out of the house than it was getting in, for some\n  4326\treason. For one thing, I didn't give much of a damn any more if they caught me. I really\n  4327\tdidn't. I figured if they caught me, they caught me. I almost wished they did, in a way.\n  4328\tI walked all the way downstairs, instead of taking the elevator. I went down the\n  4329\tback stairs. I nearly broke my neck on about ten million garbage pails, but I got out all\n  4330\tright. The elevator boy didn't even see me. He probably still thinks I'm up at the\n  4331\tDicksteins'.","title":"Chunk 4"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG07254VHN5K5GDFD5CPD1X4","peer_label":"23","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KFXT0KM64XT6K8W52TDEE0YS","peer_label":"More Classics","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"}],"ver":1,"created_at":"2026-01-27T17:18:33.577Z","ts":"2026-01-27T17:18:33.577Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF0H3YRP9ZSM033AM0QJ47H"}}