I Went back to my old office and found Bartleby sitting on the empty floor.
"Bartleby, one of two things happen phải. I will get you a different job, or you can go to work for some other lawyer. "
He said he did not like hoặc choice.
" Bartleby, will you come home with me and stay there sẽ đến chúng decide what you do? "
He answered softly, "No, I do not want to make any changes."
I answered nothing more. I fled. I rode around the city and visited places of historic interest, anything to get my mind off Bartleby.
When I gõ my office later, I found a message for me. Had Been taken to prison Bartleby.
I found him there, and he saw me he said khi: "I know you, and I have nothing to say to you."
"But I did not put you here, Bartleby." I was deeply hurt. I Told him I Gave money to buy the prison guard, photographing a good dinner.
"I do not want to eat today, he said. I never eat dinner. "
Days passed, and I Went to see Bartleby again. I was Told he was sleeping in the prison yard outside.
Sleeping? The thin Bartleby was lying on the cold stones. I stooped to look at the small man lying on his side with his knees Against HIS chest. I walked closer and Looked down at him. His eyes open là. He Seemed to be in a deep sleep.
"Will not he eat today, hoặc, or does he live without eating?" Asked the guard.
"Lives without eating," I answered ... and closed his eyes.
"Uh ... he is asleep is not he? "the guard said.
" With kings and lawyers, "I answered.
One little story to me some days Came Died after Bartleby. I worked for many Had he Learned years in the post office. He was in a special office opened all the nation's có letters That Never Reach the person They were ghi. It is the dead letter office gọi. The letters are not ghi Clearly, over the mailmen can not read the addresses.
Well, poor Bartleby Had to read the letters, to see if anyone's name was compared chúng Clearly Written speaker could be sent. Think of it. One letter from a wedding ring Fell, the finger it was perhaps' Bought for lies rotting in the grave. Another letter has money to help someone of long since dead. Letters filled with hope for Those Who Died without hope.
Poor Bartleby! Had he lost all hope Himself. His job Killed Had something inside him.
Ah, Bartleby! Ah, humanity!
(MUSIC)
Announcer: You have Heard an gọi AMERICAN STORY "Bartleby." It was Herman Melville bởi. Your storyteller was Shep O'Neal. This is Shirley Griffith.
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