Cards laying flat and invisible in the darkness start to turn  visage  up, shifting to auto-collect in proper puzzle-order as picture of a  immeuble  facade and accompanying  signe , which say- "ALAMOGORDO Abstract & Title Co.". Wandering from place, you sometimes have the habit of returning (maybe it isn't a habit, it is an accident of the hillslopes and  eau  terrain of your  satellite   monde ) to places you've visited before, and even to someplace like  maison . When you do wander in from the endless prairie or  désert , where ideas string together one after, to a place you know and have known, often a weighty feeling of sadness hits, as you realize that here, ownership is formal, and ideas are owned. Fill up the canteen and get out of  ville . But if you need it, they say that there's always a job waiting for you at the Abstract and Title Company. That's the way it is with Jacob, who'll spend most of the last days of his life wandering around on national, public land. Considering how things end up for him, it may not be much better than a job (with the government).