Released Without Breakfast

The narrator is released from the guard-house in the morning. He sees other homeless people receiving tickets for breakfast, but he is not offered one. He leaves, too proud to ask. He returns to his room in the tinker's workshop. He tries to write but cannot. He goes to see Hans Pauli Pettersen, but finds he has moved. He learns Hans Pauli has gone home for the holidays. He feels utterly defeated and curses God.