Still, however, being surrounded with importunity, and no longer able to satisfy every request that was made him, instead of money he gave promises.

It's a long day, livin' in Reseda / There's a freeway, runnin' through the yard

Henrietta's feelings for Delbert run hot and cold—one minute she's hopelessly in love with him, and the next she can't stand the sight of him.

As I tried to catch the words which the stoutly-fashioned floor so bafflingly intercepted, I was also conscious of a great deal of stirring and scratching and shuffling in the room below; so that I could not escape the impression that it was full of living beings—many more than the few whose speech I could single out.