No, it’s not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have to the one coming from inside.

“I know life is hard, I think everyone knows that in their hearts, but why dos i…”

“It hurt, of course, but more often than not the best things do, I've found.”

“If you wrote something for which someone sent you a cheque, if you cashed the c…”

“Why would she do that?""Because she's a Yankee - a Maine Yankee, the worst kind…”