What would his father do then? Go on, Johnny supposed. People had a way of doing that, just going on, pushing through with no particular drama, no big drumrolls.

“Rostros. Voces. Habitaciones. Escenas. Libros. El terror de este momento, pensa…”

“The good folks mostly win, courage usually triumphs over fear, the family dog h…”

“I'm going out for a bottle of champagne. We're going to get bombed.”

“Some part of me knew from the first that what I wanted was not reality but myth.”