寂寞 ,+.孤心

　　Eager to !la@nd [a journal-istic pos#ition, Adam W][h/ite goes to work as  an advice-givin;g  newsp)aper  columnist. Hi/%s edit(or,  Shrike-
, takes p/leasure in )browbeating h;is\ a.=.lcoho-lic `w:.*ife Flor$^`*ence ;for h:
er p@ :ast adulte_ry, and ;]assi[
gn*ing his#? em \ploye@es j:ournalist?)@ic jobs for wh  ich/ ,$they) have little aptitude] or interes(t.+ Shrike goa^,ds Adam into meeting one of his
co@;$r$@`resp o:#nden$ts];,! Fay Doyle, \a teary, self-pit][
/ ying wom=^ an who makes a\$ ( play for him. ?(Adam  is torn between his lo.,yalty to the n/:ewspap]er an?/?d his gir-l #@Justy.