There was a gay fiction among us that we were constantly enjoying ourselves and a skeleton of truth that we never did.

“I loved you madly; in the distasteful work of the day, in the wakeful misery of…”

“There was a piece of ornamental water immediately below the parapet, on the oth…”

“He thought of the number of girls and women she had seen marry, how many homes …”

“Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him al…”