Eviction Notice

Returning home, the narrator finds a note from his landlady, Mrs. Gundersen, demanding rent in advance or that he move out. He writes an application for a bookkeeping job with a grocer named Christy. He then sits in his rocking-chair in the dark, thinking. He wakes early the next morning with a burst of inspiration, writing a story he believes is a masterpiece. He decides to move out, leaving a note promising to pay his landlady five shillings.