The Well of Loneliness coverCHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 8

BOOK V · PART L

CHAPTER VIII

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The next morning when they went to the studio quite early, they heard voices coming from the topmost landing. The concierge was standing outside Jamie's door, and with her was a young man, one of the tenants. The concierge had tried the door; it was locked and no one made any response to her knocking. She had brought Jamie up a cup of hot coffee -- Stephen saw it, the coffee had slopped into the saucer. Either pity or the memory of Mary's large tips, had apparently touched the heart of this woman.
Stephen hammered loudly: "Jamie! " she called, and then again and again: "Jamie! Jamie!"