"How anybody can compose a story by word of mouth face to face with a bored-looking secretary with a notebook is more than I can imagine. Yet many authors think nothing of saying, 'Ready, Miss Spelvin? Take dictation. Quote no comma Sir Jasper Murgatroyd comma close quotes comma said no better make it hissed Evangeline comma quote I would not marry you if you were the last person on earth period close quotes Quote well comma I'm not so the point does not arise comma close quotes replied Sir Jasper twirling his moustache cynically period And so the long day wore on period End of chapter.'

It isn't fair, but maybe that's the whole point. Fairness has no part in real life, and she took that lesson away from the Hotel Angeline with her.

Finally (Evangeline) whispered, "I wish that I had been more prepared.

Nu vreau s? pl?ng, ea nu ar fi vrut s? m? vad? astfel. ?ngenuncheat, distrus, departe de femeia care mai ieri ?mi spunea c? m? iube?te. Sunt ?n aceea?i ?nc?pere cu ea, ?i totu?i am impresia c? suntem ?n dou? lumi diferite. Oare ?n lumea ei mai sunt prezent? A? vrea s? urlu tare ?i s? ?i spun c? ?n oricare dintre lumile din acest Univers, dac? ele exist?, ea este prezent? ?n fiecare celul? a fiin?ei mele. Unde e?ti, Angeline?

? Nu vreau s? pl?ng, ea nu ar fi vrut s? m? vad? astfel. ?ngenuncheat, distrus, departe de femeia care mai ieri ?mi spunea c? m? iube?te. Sunt ?n aceea?i ?nc?pere cu ea, ?i totu?i am impresia c? suntem ?n dou? lumi diferite. Oare ?n lumea ei mai sunt prezent? A? vrea s? urlu tare ?i s? ?i spun c? ?n oricare dintre lumile din acest Univers, dac? ele exist?, ea este prezent? ?n fiecare celul? a fiin?ei mele. Unde e?ti, Angeline?

?Nu vreau s? pl?ng, ea nu ar fi vrut s? m? vad? astfel. ?ngenuncheat, distrus, departe de femeia care mai ieri ?mi spunea c? m? iube?te. Sunt ?n aceea?i ?nc?pere cu ea, ?i totu?i am impresia c? suntem ?n dou? lumi diferite. Oare ?n lumea ei mai sunt prezent? A? vrea s? urlu tare ?i s? ?i spun c? ?n oricare dintre lumile din acest Univers, dac? ele exist?, ea este prezent? ?n fiecare celul? a fiin?ei mele. Unde e?ti, Angeline?

Even now, despite Angeline's watchfulness, she'd occasionally oscillate between random topics, like how shepherd's pie wasn't a pie at all and why it was pointless for her to take class in typing when technology would eventually develop robot companions to do it for us.