Arthur Clark is a character intent on suicide whom protagonist William de Worde interviews on a fourth-floor parapet, fighting off dizziness, Crank is a regular attention-seeker who is a cry-for-help type rather than an actual jumper. He enjoys "impromptu street theater." Mrs. Crank is summoned to badger him down. They have been happily married three out of thirty-five years, even though she cannot cook cabbage. When William faints on the ledge, Crank catches him, carries him down to safety, and disappears.
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