公寓街景

　　On (;[!a h)ot su?mmer --- afternoon in New Yo;rk, -:- Emma J ones gossips with oth^er neigh( bo[ rs[/ in her resident[ ial b $uilding about the a!#ffair that Mr[s. Anna Ma]!u*rran:t a(:nd _!t@he m
ilkma$n Steve )Sankey .are having. Whe*n the rude and ^un;\`f_[riendly Mr. Fra`nk Maurran`t a))$rriv es, ;@t;*he @y chan ;!ge] the subject. $M!?.e\_^ :anwhile, thei; r teenage daughter R=$ose Ma*+urrant is:;% bein=*g sexua/+lly pressured by he%r_@ married boss
) M:r. Bert East$er %. Sh]$e[! /do[(/=es h+owever very much like her kind young J*ewish neighbor Sam, w%
*ho ha s a
:seri=ous:^# crush# on her.)@　　`:The next+=: ^[m:(orning, Fran \?k Maurrant tells h*is wife $:that ;]%he . is tra%ve`ling to Stamfo(%r
*d on busi[ness. Mrs. M]aur\r*ant `.meets.- the ge%%ntle Sa%#-:nkey i\
\n]% her apart_me%\nt, but )(out of the] blue Frank comes back). hom`^@e. _He re]alizes @.;his /)wife is up,stairs w#(#ith Sankey +,+
 and runs u?`ps/ta irs%!. We h?(e
ar shots; and /-see the two men strugg:%,l?,ing -as Sank++@ey;_ _,.tries to escape th@-rough the ] window /. ]?Maurrant r=#uns `
.out with a gun. H +e has killed Sankey and fat [a lly wounded(%^ his wife.　　Maurrant is appre h
ended and is [:)led away by police. He apologi$zes to =$h)i s( daugh!+%ter R:!ose,% who wi ll now^] have t$,;\o take care of herself an=$d her young#! broth%*er without either parent.^ Rose's boss offers once ag,ain to set ?her up in # her own apar*:,tment,%*! but she refu:ses. Then s/he@% sees Sam , and tells` ? him s ,he want(?s to l[:e%@ave the city. Sam pleads with #% her to let hi@_m go with her, but s
#*he tells him i -t w*ill be better $[ for th*\ e +two of  _ th@.%em`* to:^ hav/*e \@a, ,;couple o/f years apart ^befo..r;_e the@y+- ``conside r becoming a co([uple+(^-. Rose w%alks off down the stre$__et^ =` by herse^=lf.