Daily puzzle

Put Paul's Case back in order

Seven beats from our edition of Paul's Case by Willa Cather, shuffled. Drag them, or use the arrows, until the story runs straight. No account, no streak to lose.

  1. The reckoning Paul faces his teachers and principal, smiling with a defiance they cannot understand.
  2. The escape into art He ushers at the theater and loses himself in music, color, and glamour.
  3. Cordelia Street The dreary respectability of his home and street fills Paul with revulsion and dread.
  4. The clampdown His father pulls him from school and the theater and forces him into a clerk’s job.
  5. The theft and flight Paul steals money from his employer and escapes by train to New York City.
  6. The golden week He lives in luxury at a grand hotel, finally inhabiting the beautiful life he craved.
  7. The end Discovered and about to be reclaimed, Paul throws himself in front of a train.