““My feelings were wounded but I am not that sort of person who thrusts his friendship on those who do not value it——on those who think me of little accoun……
“She began to understand the point of travel; she had never felt so far away from the launderette, the top deck of the night bus home, Till's box room. I……
“Independent adult life, if she wasn't learning, what was she doing? how would she fill the days?The trick of it, she told herself, is to be courageous a……