It is forbidden to spit on cats in plague-time.

“The priest gazed around my cell and answered in a voice that sounded very weary…”

“We need the sweet pain of anticipation to tell us we are really alive.”

“There was the same dazzling red glare. The sea gasped for air with each shallow…”

“What more ghastly image can be called up than that of a man betrayed by his bod…”