{"product_id":"2940013883253","title":"Between Friends","description":"Like a man who reenters a closed and darkened house and lies down; lying there, remains conscious of sunlight outside, of bird-calls, and the breeze in the trees, so had Drene entered into the obscurity of himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the chambers of his brain the twilit corridors where cringed his bruised and disfigured soul, there nothing stirring except the automatic pulses which never cease.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSometimes, when the sky itself crashes earthward and the world lies in ruins from horizon to horizon, life goes on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe things that men live through—and live!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut no doubt Death was too busy elsewhere to attend to Drene.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe had become very lean by the time it was all over. Gray glinted on his temples; gray softened his sandy mustache: youth was finished as far as he was concerned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn odd idea persisted in his mind that it had been winter for many years. And the world thawed out very slowly for him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut broken trees leaf out, and hewed roots sprout; and what he had so long mistaken for wintry ashes now gleamed warmly like the orange and gold of early autumn. After a while he began to go about more or less—little excursions from the dim privacy of mind and soul—and he found the sun not very gray; and a south wind blowing in the world once more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuair and Guilder were in the studio that day on business; Drene continued to modify his composition in accordance with Guilder's suggestions; Quair, always curious concerning Drene, was becoming slyly impudent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"And listen to me, Guilder. What the devil's a woman between friends?\" argued Quair, with a malicious side glance at Drene. \"You take my best girl away from me—\"","brand":"Del Williams Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182658830576,"sku":"2940013883253","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013883253_p0.jpg?v=1763596618","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013883253","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}