I put myself in Maddy's place without thinking, because I couldn't bear to see her so afraid… but I suppose the truth is, I resented you taking her. The way her attraction to me became an obsession was a symptom of it. She glanced out at the black sky streaked with smoky violet. Only humans weep, he said.
Oh, Anne, Charlotte whispered. I don't believe you! But I am. He could transport her for a time but when she left the theatre she would be herself again, unchanged. He folded one of the pliable hands round the neck, placed the bow in the other.
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