Days Without End

John Loving is engaged in a life and death conflict with the sneering, cynical element of his psyche which has poisoned his past life, made him prey to false gods, and now seeks to destroy him through suicide. He seeks absolution and his tormentor perishes at the foot of the Cross. SCENES ACT ONE PLOT FOR A NOVEL Scene--John Loving's office in the offices of Eliot and Company, New York City--an afternoon in early Spring, 1932. ACT TWO PLOT FOR A NOVEL (CONTINUED) Scene--Living-room of the Lovings' duplex apartment--later the same afternoon. ACT THREE PLOT FOR A NOVEL (CONTINUED) Scene One--The living-room again--evening of the same day. Scene Two--John Loving's study--later that night. ACT FOUR THE END OF THE END Scene One--The study and Elsa's bedroom--a little before dawn of a day about a week later. Scene Two--The interior of a church--a few minutes later.