The Silence of John's Night

'The next morning, John wakes early while the house is still quiet. He rings the bell for the maid, and as soon as he hears her footsteps in the doorway, he says, "'I woke late last night and wrote, read it back to me.'" She takes the paper from his hand and the silence stretches out. 'My penmanship is not what it was, I'm sure, but try,'" she says. "It's nothing to the world"