A sudden emptiness seemed to flow now from the windows and the great doors, endowing with complete isolation the figure of the host, who stood on the porch, his hand up in a formal gesture of farewell.

“They were stars on this stage, each playing to an audience of two: the passion …”

“Like so many men he had found that he had only one or two ideas - that his litt…”

“You remind me of a smoked cigarette.”

“He was going to live in New York, and be known at every restaurant and café, we…”