![]() ![]() The two friends spend much time together. As for the rent, Danny never asks, and Pilon never pays, since he never has any money. He is pleased with himself because by renting a house he has risen in the social scale. They spend the rest of the evening drinking wine, and then fall asleep on the floor. Pilon, except for his years in the army, has never possessed fifteen dollars in his life, but he does not worry about it, because the rent is not due for a month and he thinks that anything can happen during that time. They agree on a rent of fifteen dollars a month. Pilon suggests that Danny rent his other house, adding that he will rent it himself. He and Danny build a fire and cook the chicken. He picks and dismembers it and puts it in his pockets, and returns home. Pilon captures and kills a chicken in the woods. That evening, Danny collects some wood and sends Pilon out to get something for dinner. Neither Danny nor Pilon has three dollars, and if they did, they would spend it on wine, not utility deposits. Danny goes to town and finds out to his annoyance that it will take a three-dollar deposit for the water company to turn on their water. Pilon is delighted, but Danny seems daunted by the responsibility of ownership and says he would sooner it was Pilon who owned the house. Danny and Pilon enter the bigger of the two houses, which is rather run-down, with weeds in the yard. ![]()
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