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... room conditioning was restored by the  evening  followed by Carter s luggage  briefcase and writing material along with the typewriter but his own condition  deteriorated,  his worries were killing him , those ideas  were planted into his head by Lucy  before she left,  departmental  store passes,  thirty thousand  dollars and house  documents  and two months  groceries  were stuck  in his mind choking him , he still owed  forty thousand to the  land owner  every  other month or he would lose the house,  all he had now with him was his savings from the drama company  , it wasn't more than ten thousand dollars  not sufficient enough  , ironically he still wasn't comfortable to write the plot of dramas, , from the side rooms  sheriff Thomas  and his  subordinates  voices rose  , he  couldn't concentrate on his  subject,  he  needed a drink very badly  but who serves hard  drinks in lock ups