![]() ![]() He believes it must have filled with wax over the night, and he can neither hear nor keep his balance. She arrives at 11:00 a.m., and he hears her downstairs while he is hitting himself in the head, trying to remedy an ear trouble he's having. The story is primarily about the day Inez comes to visit, two weeks after he moved there. He thinks sometimes how such antics would once have seemed amusing but no longer "matter much one way or the other." He leaves the television on all day since he doesn't pay electricity, but doesn't watch it. He spends his days drunk, sometimes forgetting to drink coffee, occasionally drinking from the moment he awakes. He has only a small refrigerator that houses his champagne and lunch meat, and a small stovetop. To try and address his drinking (which is at least a partial cause of his marital discord), Lloyd has committed to drinking only champagne, but throughout the story, he drinks several bottles. ![]() He observes the old woman occasionally, noticing her infirmity. "Careful" tells the story of Lloyd, who has recently separated from his wife Inez and moved into a small attic room where he unsuccessfully attempts to curb his drinking. ![]()
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