 What likely happens to the narrator after the story ends?
Mine was no satisfaction, never earned me a penny—and now it had me fighting for my life in ... [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, January 1960. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] I had finished reading the Chronicle , folded and put it beside me, turned and looked out the window, expecting to see the San Joaquin Valley but finding only a sea of clouds instead. So I returned my attention to the inside of the plane, to the overstuffed gray-haired woman asleep beside me, to the backs of heads in seats before me, across the aisle to other heads, and down to the blonde. A crossword-puzzle worker, a togetherness-type-magazine reader. Inventory completed, I went back to looking at the clouds, knowing I should be thinking about the printing order I was going to Los Angeles for, and not wanting to. Handkerchief, chewing gum, a small book, probably an address book, money in a change purse—a few bills and coins. This being earlier than I usually get up, it seems all I did during the night was feel my way past the escapement and balance wheel to see where the notch for the alarm was. So I'm stuck with a talent I've found little real use for. I was going to pass it by and go on, but what held me was that something was taped to it.
 He and Julia get together after Julia's divorce
 He eventually makes his meeting but is too shaken up to successfully close the sale  He and Julia get together after Julia's divorce  The narrator stays with Julia's sister on his trip and misses his meeting  He probably returns to his unsatisfying life negotiating printing orders