And always, if he had a little money, a man could get drunk. The hard edges gone, and the warmth. Then there was no loneliness, for a man could people his brain with friends, and he could find his enemies and destroy them.

“We could live offa the fatta the lan'.”

“Look now -- in all of history men have been taught that killing of men is an ev…”

“It is not good to want a thing too much. It sometimes drives the luck away. You…”

“Somehow they felt they were living in a moment when history pauses and takes st…”