Haze continues living there and the landlady takes care of him. He sits on the porch every afternoon and talks little, yet she is fascinated with him. Once she finds out that he gets a government check from the army every month she feels cheated that someone who would throw their life away gets tax money. Sabbath still comes around and the landlady charges him double when she is there. Haze tells the landlady that he would pay Sabbath to stay away.
The landlady notices that he barely eats, keeps getting thinner, gets a deeper cough and develops a limp. He also walks a lot within four or five blocks around the house. One morning, while cleaning his room, she finds money in his trash can. She asks him about it and he simply.....
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