Which detail from the passage best supports the
inference that writing can be a lonely profession?
1. "I would walk to the outskirts of lowa City to the
railroad station to save the bus fare that would
help pay for mailing the manuscript."
(Paragraph 2)
O 2. "My landlady in lowa City would complain that
did not leave the room on the weekend so she
could properly clean my
room...."(Paragraph 5)
at
3. "'I would walk around with a night watchman or
with janitors on night duty, and from them
would have free lessons of
English - "(Paragraph 7)
.
had only my many rejection slips to
contemplate after so many years,
