It was midsummer, but fresh water from the gasping sprinklers made the lawn glitter like spring.

“A lonesome town, though. He who had grown up alone had lately learned to avoid …”

“Old Marcus still managed to function with disquieting resilience. Some never-at…”

“When she saw him face to face their eyes met and brushed like birds’ wings. Aft…”

“Travel, which had once charmed him, seemed, at length, unendurable, a business …”