the offered spot in the demi-maison
Desperately addicted Henri the Swiss could sleep upon the Convertisofa in the rear office this very P.M., she said, if he was willing to endure the mess and sometimes insects of the rear office.
Context
The halfway house glimpsed from outside its own frame — a bed offered "this very P.M." to a man Pat takes for "desperately addicted," the Convertisofa in the buggy rear office extended with the plain generosity that is the institution's working mode. The demi-maison as a place that simply takes the desperate in, seen through the eyes of a visitor who is only performing his need.