I tried to speak insipidly, yet everything I said seemed to take on a double meaning.

“I think what you mostly do when you find you really are alone is to panic. You …”

“It is our suffering that brings us together. It is not love. Love does not obey…”

“Atro had once explained to him how this was managed, how the sergeants could gi…”

“Anyhow they’re always exceptions. But most women, their only relationship to a …”