y, repeated inside himself for decades as a man.

    ory emplating tar. Outside tinued to fall, unill as a statue by my side, yet s, I suspected,  quiet.

    ts of t  I said not ed for o return to t in ime. o me.

    ‘t’s not my story, is it? I mean, I’m in it, t’s obvious, but it’s not my story. It belongs to Mrs. Love. ted to marry; er Kitty; ting.  is ory. And t o an end, I arrive and give tory a neart.

    ‘But t doesn’t make it my story, does it? Because before s… before—“

    ed, breature to cut off ence and start again:

    ‘Because for someone to find a baby like t, just find  in t means t before t to y—“

    Anotic erasing gesture of t t  o say:

    ‘Because if Mrs. Love found me, it can only mean t before t  have—“

    t  verb.

    o despair. ated gesture, ed in an attitude t suggested a plea or a prayer.

    times ely t you can, as them like a book. I read Aurelius.

    Do not abandon me.

    touco atue returned to life.

    ‘t ing for to stop,“ I  for tos can . e may as well go.“

    ‘Yes,“ . ”e may as well.“