Literature had taken possession even of her memories. She was matching him, presumably, with certain characters in the old novels...

“The words (she was looking at the window) sounded as if they were floating like…”

“To upset everything every 3 or 4 years is my notion of a happy life.”

“Era comunque una forma di rapporto esigente. Altri oggetti di adorazione si con…”

“Why then did she do it? She looked at the canvas, lightly scored with running l…”