The apartment was an odd one no doubt,but this condition
wandered through the mind of Tourbon and she had a friend,
Havre de Grace;  her stony ideas were participants in the general
pattern of their mutual discovery of the place,by accident, several months
earlier in January; and so for the present this three room spot 
represented an upward movement,and a groovier one also,because  the location brought
them closer to le action...
It was a decent place to dream in,which certainly created and extended
overtones,like direct confluence with the nearby street,where a spectacle
could be expected,at all times,day or night.
Besides Tourbon,who had grown up in northern Iowa,might now look
outside in front or onto the side alley,out beyond the walls; straight into
a brickwall opposite,and toke up,getting a concocted mobility for the 
forenoon stroll...