PartⅢDevelopingideasAfterTwentyYearsTheshortstory“AfterTwentyYears”issetinNewYorkonacold,darknight
Mostpeoplehaveleftworktogohome,andthispartofthecityisnowquiet
Apolicemanwhoischeckingtheareaseesamanoutsideashop
Hegoesuptothemanandfindshehasascaronhisface
Theyhaveachatandthemanstartstotellhisstory
“Twentyyearsagotonight,”saidtheman,“Idinedhereat‘BigJoe’Brady’swithJimmyWells,mybestchum,andthefinestchapintheworld
HeandIwereraisedhereinNewYork,justliketwobrothers,together
IwaseighteenandJimmywastwenty
ThenextmorningIwastostartfortheWesttomakemyfortune
Youcouldn’thavedraggedJimmyoutofNewYork;hethoughtitwastheonlyplaceonearth
Well,weagreedthatnight(1)thatwewouldmeethereagainexactlytwentyyearsfromthatdateandtime,nomatterwhatourconditionsmightbeorfromwhatdistancewemighthavetocome
Wefigured(2)that