Min walks outside of the apartment to go to work, and she looks up at the sky. "It is the color of lead - gray, sullen, lowering." "Last winter there had been more mornings where the sky was a clear, deep blue and the sun spread a pink glow over the street." She was content last winter to no longer have to worry about paying rent.
Now, Jones has changed and the changes have made her life miserable. The apartment seems to have shrunk, but her big lonely bed seems to have grown in size. It did not feel right for her to sleep alone.
She contemplates returning to see David, The Prophet, but realizes that she no longer wants to stay in the apartment with Jones. Since Lutie first showed up and paid her.....
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