LET ME TAKE OFF YOUR COAT AND YOUR BOOTS THEY'RE OOZING WATER IF YOU'D SENT ME A NOTE OR TELEPHONED ME OR ANYTHING I TOLD MYSELF THAT IF I WERE REALLY THINKING OF YOU AND NOT OF MYSELF A LETTER WOULD BE BETTER THAN NOTHING HE PAUSED THEY NEVER DID TO ME OH BARTLEY DID YOU WRITE TO ME ALEXANDER SLIPPED HIS ARM ABOUT HER I THINK I HAVE FELT THAT YOU WERE COMING HE BENT HIS FACE OVER HER HAIR AND I SHE WHISPERED I FELT THAT YOU WERE FEELING THAT BUT WHEN I CAME I THOUGHT I HAD BEEN MISTAKEN I'VE BEEN UP IN CANADA WITH MY BRIDGE AND I ARRANGED NOT TO COME TO NEW YORK UNTIL AFTER YOU HAD GONE
