"How dramatic!" cried Rosa; "the endings of those
chapters are as strong as stage tableaus."
"It is being dramatized by Jameson of the 'Daily Universe,'" said
Quincy.
"I am well acquainted with Mr. Jameson," remarked Rosa; "I belong to a
social club of which he is the president. He is a very talented young
man and a great worker. He once told me that when he began newspaper
work he wrote eighteen hours out of twenty-four for a month, and nearly
every night he woke up and made notes that he wrote out in the morning.
Do you believe in unconscious mental cerebration, Mr. Sawyer?"
"I'm afraid not," replied Quincy, laughing; "I never had ideas enough to
keep my brain busy all day, much less supply it with work at night."
"Mr. Sawyer is always unfair to himself," remarked Alice to Miss Very.
"As for myself, I will answer your question in the affirmative. I have
often gone to bed with only the general idea of a story in my mind, and
have awakened with the details all thought out and properly placed."
"I think it best to postpone the reading of the last story until after
supper," said Quincy.
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