Heopenedthedooranddasheddownthehighstepsintothefullblastoftheblizzard。Hewaitedatthestreetcornerwhilethreeovercrowdedcarswhizzedpasthim，ignoringhissignalsbecausetherewasnotaninchofspaceleftinthemforanotherpassenger。Thenhefoughthiswayacrosstwoorthreeblockstothenearest“L“station。
Hemanagedtowedgehimselfintoatrainthere，andthenatleasthewasonhisway。Hewasthinkinghardandfast，butthroughallhisplanningthewarmhugofthetartancomforterroundhisneckkeptLittleAnnnearhim。Hehadbeenverythankfulfortheadditionalwarmthasthewhirlingsnowandwindhadwroughttheirwillwithhimwhilehewaitedforthecarsatthestreetcorner。Onthe“L“trainhesawherseriouseyesandheardthemotherlydropinhervoiceasshesaid，“Idohopeyou”llbeabletokeepthepage。Idothat，Mr。
Tembarom。”Itmadehimshuthishandshardastheyhunginhisovercoatpocketsforwarmth，anditmadehimshuthissoundteethstrongly。
“Gee！I”vegotto！“histhoughtssaidforhim。“IfImakeit，perhapsmyluckwillhavestarted。Whenaman”sluckgetsstarted，everydarnedthing”stothegood。”
The“L“haddroppedmostofitscrowdwhenitreachedtheup-townstationamongthehundredthstreetswhichwashisdestination。Hetightenedhiscomforter，tuckedtheendsfirmlyintothefrontofhisovercoat，andstartedoutalongtheplatformpasttheoffice，anddownthesteep，ironsteps，alreadyperilouswithfreezingsnow。Hehadtostoptogethisbreathwhenhereachedthestreet，buthedidnotstoplong。Hechargedforthagainalongthepavement，lookingcloselyattheshop-windows。Therewerenaturallybutfewpassers-by，andtheshopswerenotimportant-looking；buttheywereopen，andhecouldseethattheinsidesofthemlookedcomfortableincontrastwiththeblizzard-ruledstreet。Hecouldnotseebothsidesofthestreetashewalkeduponesideoftheblockwithoutcominguponaconfectioner”s。Hecrossedatthecornerandturnedbackontheotherside。Presentlyhesawthatalightvanwasstandingbeforeoneplace，backedupagainstthesidewalktoreceiveparcels，itsshudderinghorseholdingitsheaddownandbracingitselfwithitsforelegsagainstthewind。Atanyrate，somethingwasgoingonthere，andhehurriedforwardtofindoutwhatitwas。Theairwassothickwithmyriadsofmadlyflyingbitsofsnow，whichseemedwhirledinalldirectionsintheair，thathecouldnotseeanythingdefiniteevenafewyardsaway。Whenhereachedthevanhefoundthathehadalsoreachedhisconfectioner。Thesignoverthewindowread“M。Munsberg，Confectionery。Cakes。Ice-Cream。Weddings，BallsandReceptions。”