1. In time those people grew strong and noble, for nobility was the only way to save
themselves from the despair of a life without sky.
2. It sailed past the tip of the Empire State Building, whose upper floors were lit a Christmas
green and red.
3. His name and destiny are of little importance, but he does command some attention here
for the sole reason that his life is about to end.
4. He did not bother to shake out the snow that now speckled his hair.
5. People ignored him as he sat in the lonely corner.
6. The well-dressed men and women in the city were skilled in looking the other way when
they came across a derelict bit of humanity.
7. Tonight the young man did not extend his cup for spare change.
8. His will to live was quickly failing him, and by morning his will, and his life. would extinguish