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Peter is an actor who has just returned from a show he was in in Chicago. Peter is staying in a dirty, depressing room his friend Jules Weissman has rented for him. Peter is afraid of what might happen when the landlady learns he is living there, so he tries to leave after everyone else in the morning and return only after everyone has gone to bed. Unfortunately, Peter has been seen by a few tenants. After three days, the landlady comes to his door and insists he leave. When she threatens to call the police, Peter agrees to leave.

Peter goes to Jules' house and tells him what happened. Jules suggests Peter fight the unfair eviction, but Peter is reluctant to fight, sure it would not prove anything. Peter and Jules argue over it, with Peter insisting that discrimination is...