“The old man ran. He quickly lost his hat, his staff. He ran. Ran without haste.”
"Dark in the dark, you come as stones striking glass. The girl you want to wake is awake. I am afraid for you.”
“She tried to avert her gaze from any man. She didn’t consider herself beautiful, but she had something some men sometimes liked. Some thing. Some times. Some men. Like she was in on the big joke.”